[NewsFront] 21:59 Russian Army broke through in the Velikomykhailivka direction, Russian troops from the direction of Stepovoye broke through to the eastern part of the settlement of Verbove and are storming the village.
Our units are also conducting an assault on neighboring Novogrigorovka, located in the Zaporizhzhia region.
19:20 Crews of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division destroy armored vehicles, transport, and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, video.
18:17 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
UAV crews of the Center group of forces burned enemy vehicles supplying ammunition and personnel in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Drone operators from the "East" group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles and personnel in the Dnipropetrovsk region, disrupting the rotation of enemy units in this sector of the front.
Operators of attack drones from the Ussuri Airborne Forces unit shot down enemy fixed-wing UAVs in the Sumy region.
18:03 Dobropillya direction. The Russian Armed Forces have regained control of Nikanorovka, MAP.
15:54 The operator of the FPV drone "Upyr" hits a pickup truck with three Ukrainian soldiers and finishes it off with the next pass, -video.
15:09 Military personnel of the command unit of the East group of forces are mastering a specialized remote control system installed on a fiber optic cable laying machine.
14:05 Special forces of the Sever group destroyed two mortars of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border zone, video.
13:43 Crew of the towed howitzer D-30 of the Center group of forces destroyed a control center for unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in a dilapidated building in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
12:50 In the village of Vilcha, Khar'kov region, temporary deployment points of a unit of former prisoners of the 57th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by FABs with UMPK, –video.
12:19 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of September 28, 2025
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using long-range, air- and sea-based precision weapons and attack drones against Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as military airfield infrastructure.
The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, two assault and an airborne assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Pisarevka, Varachino, Kondratovka, Ivolzhanskoye, Stepnoye and Alekseyevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry, heavy mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vilcha, Bologovka, Sinelnikovo and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the "West" force group have improved their tactical position. In the village of Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russian units are clearing the suburban area.
The manpower and equipment of six mechanized brigades, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Peschanoye, Moskovka, Novosergeevka, Petrovka in the Khar'kov region, Vovchiy Yar, Novoselivka, Yampol, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 230 servicemen, a tank, three combat armored vehicles, 18 cars, seven electronic warfare stations and nine ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the front line and continued to destroy the enemy, blocked south of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivanopolye, Berestok, Seversk, Slavyansk, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Kleban-Byk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 260 troops, a tank, 12 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station, three ammunition and fuel depots, were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, an airborne brigade, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Torskoye, Priyut, Grishino, Belitskoye, Rodynskoye, Zolotoy Kolodez of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Filiya and Novopavlovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 505 servicemen, a tank, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Chervone, Novohryhorivka, and Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Stepovoe and Verbove in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 305 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 10 cars, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the airborne assault, mountain assault, and infantry brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Belogorie, Stepovoe in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Nikolaevka, Antonovka, and Lvovo in the Kherson region.
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, nine cars, an unmanned boat, seven electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
11:34 Attack aircraft from the Dnipro group of forces are improving their skills during intensive training at a training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region.
09:56 Russian army fighters have completed the clearing of Novoye Shakhovo, MAP.
08:51 Army aviation crews on Mi-28NM helicopters struck enemy manpower in the area of responsibility of the East group of forces.
07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance east of Dronovka
Mayskoye was liberated
Stepovoye was liberated
Advance between Stepov and Kalinovsky
Expansion of the control zone in Nikanorovka, the Russian Armed Forces entered Dorozhnoye
Advance west of Kotlin
07:24 During the past night of September 28, air defense systems on duty destroyed 41 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs):
12 over the Kursk region,
10 UAVs were shot down over the Bryansk region,
Eight over the Belgorod region,
Four over the Tula region,
Three over the Yaroslavl region,
Two over the Rostov region,
One each over the Novgorod and Samara regions.