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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of September 23 (updated)
2025-09-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

21:01 Fighters of the Southern Group of Forces are practicing assault operations in the rear area of the special operation on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic –VIDEO

20:17 Russian Armed Forces entered Novoselovka in the Krasnolimansk direction –MAP

19:38 Strike UAV crews of the Northern Forces Group destroyed equipment and strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Khar'kov direction.

Drone operators from the Southern Group of Forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units near the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and also struck an enemy robotic platform used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to deliver supplies.

Operators of the Rubicon Center's strike drones destroyed a pickup truck and a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian nationalists.

Military personnel of the Center group of forces continue systematic work to destroy the enemy, using FPV strike drones and Lancet loitering munitions.

Rubicon Center specialists destroyed equipment, elements of communication systems, ammunition depots and UAVs, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units, and enemy UAVs.

A strike on the infrastructure of a Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield using a Geran-2 UAV near the village of Konotop in the Sumy region.

19:25 From 14:00 Moscow time to 19:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, and Tula regions.

18:40 O frames: Precise hits on 122m D-20 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers, as well as on a 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border zone.

17:53 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Volchansk, –MAP.

16:58 The Russian Armed Forces continue their advance in the Khar'kov region, MAP.

16:31 T-80BVM tank crew from a closed firing position destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV control point on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.

15:12 Units and military units of the West group of forces successfully undertook tThe task of liberating the city of Kupyansk. Of the 8,667 buildings, 5,667 were taken under control.

14:35 From 08:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 58 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Kaluga, Ryazan, Tula regions and the Moscow region.

14:28 Servicemen of the 88th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army of the Southern group of forces announced the liberation of the settlement of Pereyezdnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

12:39 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 23, 2025

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Solyaniki, Andreevka, Pavlovka, Alekseevka, and Varachino in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Bochkovo in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 servicemen, six vehicles, an artillery piece, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and material depots.📍

Units of the "West" military group have improved their tactical position in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.💥

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Boguslavka in the Khar'kov region, Dibrova, Yampol and Shandrigolovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 230 troops, four armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, and a US-made M-198 155mm howitzer. Two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations, nine electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces, through decisive action, liberated the village of Pereyezdnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and continue to destroy the enemy encircled in the area of the village of Kleban-Byk in the Donetsk People's Republic.🔥

Four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Nikolaipole, Fedorovka, Mayskoye, Ivanopolye, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 250 troops, four armored combat vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 12 vehicles, and four field artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Dimitrov, Toretskoye, Novopavlovka, Rodynskoye, Krasny Liman, and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Slavyanka and Novonikolayevka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 580 servicemen, two tanks, eight vehicles and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two Ukrainian Armed Forces mechanized brigades and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Verbove, Vyshneve, and Stepovoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Poltavka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 24 vehicles, a self-propelled artillery unit, an electronic warfare station, and two supply depots.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade and three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka, Nikolskoye, Veletskoye, Belozerka in the Kherson region and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, seven vehicles, three electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed
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12:24 Tonight, in response to a terrorist attack on civilian targets in the town of Foros in the Republic of Crimea, which resulted in the death and injury of civilians, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group attack on the temporary deployment points of a detachment of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries of the "Ghosts" unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Tatarbunary and Rasseika in the Odessa region, who were preparing and carrying out this terrorist attack.

11:42 Servicemen of the 45th Separate Guards Engineering Brigade of the West group passed training in the rear area of the SVO zone.

11:37 Footage of work of the Russian Armed Forces aviation at the Motor Sich industrial enterprise in Zaporozhye.

08:20 On frames: The result of a fire attack on a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces AS-90 (made in Great Britain) using an FPV drone.

07:35 From midnight to 7:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk regions, the Moscow region, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov regions and the Republic of Crimea.

07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in Volchansk
Expansion of the control zone in the Shandrigolovo area
Kalinovskoye was liberated
Advance in Pleshcheyevo

Posted by:badanov

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