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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 3 (updated)
2025-10-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 22:13 Russian Armed Forces fighters successfully advanced in the southern part of Pokrovsk, map.

20:51 In Kramatorsk, witnesses recorded explosions and a fire in the area of the thermal power plant .

20:25 Russian Armed Forces The Russian Armed Forces are expanding the bridgehead in Ivanovka, Dnipropetrovsk region, map.

20:22 In the period from 15:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Three UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region, and
One UAV was flying over the Bryansk region.

20:19 Published footage of Geranium strikes in Konotop, Sumy Oblast.

19:10 In Shebekino, a woman received barotrauma as a result of the detonation of a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone.

In the village of Murom in the Shebekinsky District, a drone attacked a GAZelle, damaging the vehicle. A second FPV drone struck a private home, shattering windows and damaging the gable.

The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka was hit by shelling, damaging a power line. Emergency crews will begin restoration work after approval from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In the village of Golovchino in the Graivoronsky District, a drone detonation damaged the gate and fence of one private home, and the glazing of another.

In the Borisovsky District, an FPV drone strike damaged two cars in the village of Berezovka. In the village of Gruzskoye, the drone's detonation shattered windows in two apartment buildings. In the village of Belenkoye, an FPV drone attack damaged the roof and fence of a private home.

In the village of Krasnaya Yaruga, a drone's detonation on a tree left a nearby car shrapnel-covered. A second drone struck a building at an industrial facility, damaging the building.

Two more drones detonated in the courtyard of a home in the village of Novoye in the Volokonovsky district, damaging an outbuilding.

18:00 During another terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forcesdiedfighter of the Orlan unit.

In the city of Shebekino, one of our soldiers was seriously injured in a drone attack. His fellow soldiers quickly transported him to the Shebekino Central District Hospital, where he died.

17:37 20 Russians held in Ukraine were yesterday returned to their homeland. Of these, 10 are residents of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.

They were returned "as a result of complex and tense negotiations." Most of them spent months as hostages in Ukrainian-controlled territory.

According to Russian ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, 13 more civilians continue to be held on Ukrainian territory.

16:45 Brazilian mercenary in absentia convicted for participation in the armed conflict on the Ukrainian side

The court found the evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict a citizen of the Federative Republic of Brazil in absentia. Diniz de Carvalho Dantas Isac was found guilty in absentia of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict).

15:41 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyed12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

- Four UAVs over the territory of the Orenburg region,
- Three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
- Three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- Two UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region.

15:12 As a result of the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the city of Shebekino, due to the injuries receiveddiedpeaceful resident.

After the roof collapsed, parts of it caught fire in the courtyard. Firefighters extinguished the fire. Windows and an outbuilding were damaged.

The city was also attacked by drones. The detonation of one damaged the windows of a commercial building and five apartments in an apartment building. Additionally, various damage was recorded to a truck and two cars. A strike by a second FPV drone damaged a power line.

14:36 Ukrainian soldier convicted for crimes against civilians in the village of Pogrebki in the Kursk region

The court found evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation sufficient to convict Oleg Sadovets, a soldier of the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act in the Kursk region (paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code).

14:04 In the last 24 hours, as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted damage to civilian infrastructure in the Kherson region

A drone strike damaged an Ivushka store in Novofedorovka. There were no injuries.
Ivushka store is a grocery store
In Bekhtery, a house and two cars were damaged as a result of a targeted attack on a residential area.

In Velikaya Lepetikha, shelling caused a power outage at an electrical substation. 547 residents and two socially important facilities were left without power. Restoration work is currently underway.

A gas station caught fire in the village of Podo-Kalinovka. The fire has been extinguished.

In addition, the enemy shelled Aleshki, Dnepryany, Gornostaevka, Zavodovka, Kairy, Kazachi Lagerya, Korsunka, Malokakhovka, Novaya Kakhovka, Novaya Mayachka, Sagi and Chernyanka.

13:33 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation from September 27 to October 3, 2025.

Over the course of a week, a massive strike and five group strikes were carried out using high-precision weapons and attack drones, which hit military industrial enterprises and the Ukrainian energy facilities that supported them, railway transport infrastructure used for transporting weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military airfields, ammunition depots, assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned boats and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, ranger, airborne assault brigades, an airborne assault, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade.

In the Khar'kov direction, two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated.

Over the past week, enemy losses in the North Group's area of responsibility amounted to more than 1,250 servicemen, two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 55 vehicles, and 11 field artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and 29 ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Kirovsk, Shandrigolovo, and Derilovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Formations of six mechanized, an airmobile, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and two National Guard brigades were defeated.

The enemy lost over 1,600 troops, five tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, 116 vehicles, and 10 field artillery pieces. Forty-three ammunition depots and 37 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations were destroyed.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlements of Mayskoye and Seversk Maly in the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.

The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, airmobile, assault, and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were damaged.

Over the past week, Ukrainian armed forces in this area have lost up to 1,760 service members, eight armored combat vehicles (including four Western-made), 75 motor vehicles, and 17 field artillery pieces. Twelve electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, as well as 38 ammunition, fuel, and supply depots, have been destroyed.

Units of the Center group of forces continued active offensive operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Eight mechanized, a Jaeger, a motorized infantry, an airborne, an airmobile, an assault, three airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two national guard brigades were defeated.

The enemy lost more than 3,560 troops, five tanks, 16 armored combat vehicles, including two US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 32 vehicles and 14 artillery pieces.

Over the past week, units of the "East" force group advanced deep into enemy defenses. The settlements of Stepovoe and Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast have been liberated.

The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were damaged.

The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to over 2,110 servicemen, three tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, 71 vehicles, seven field artillery pieces and four electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, infantry, airborne assault, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 390 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 35 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Twenty-eight electronic warfare stations and eight ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

13:11 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with long-range precision weapons from land, air, and sea, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises and gas and energy infrastructure facilities that supported their operation.

12:15 Drone operators of the 68th Motorized Rifle Division destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower in the Khar'kov region, video.

11:17 At 9.45 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

10:10 in Crimea detained a man who planned the terrorist attack

Security forces detained a man who was planning a terrorist attack on military facilities in Crimea. He was found to be in possession of over 1 kg of explosives and a detonator. He also provided Ukrainian intelligence with information on the positions of S-300 air defense systems. A treason case has been opened.

9:38 In the area of the settlement of Novaya Sich, a crew from the Rubicon center, using a fiber-optic drone from the KVN, destroyed a camouflaged Ukrainian T-64 tank,video.

9:02 Khar'kov direction. Vovchansky section

Units of the North group continue offensive on the left bank of the Volchya River in the southwestern part of Volchansk and the forests west of the city towards Sinelnikovo.

The "northerners" are advancing along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street from the area of the grain factory, amid fierce counter-battles.

Over the past 24 hours, the advance in the city was about 500 m, and our units occupied the railway station area, and about 300 m in the forests.

8:25 Overnight and morning of the Russian Armed Forces inflicted strikes against the Ukrainian Armed Forces using 300 long-range UAVs, 17 cruise missiles and seven ballistic missiles.

Targets were attacked in Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Dnepropetrovsk, Khar'kov, Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

8:10 From 23:00 Moscow time on 02.10 to 07:00 Moscow time on 03.10 by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:

- Nine – over the Black Sea,
– Four – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– Three – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– Three – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– One – over the territory of the Kursk region.

8:00 The crew of the T-80BV tank of the 35th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Aleysk Brigade of the Center Forces Groups mashed a stronghold and firing point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

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