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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 4 (updated)
2025-10-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:56 Russian troops are advancing in Krasnoarmeysk, map.

21:23 Russian Armed Forces drone operators are hitting the enemy in all directions,video.

20:38 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyed11 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Oryol region.

20:17 Units of the Western Group of Forces continue their offensive in the Krasnolimansk direction, map.

19:53 Russian troops released two more settlements.

Seversk Maly between Dronovka and Serebryanka, as well as Verbove in the Dnipropetrovsk region, were liberated.

19:49 Sever group soldiers destroy heavy drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border zone,video.

19:33 Snipers of the Center group of forces pass an intensive training course in the destruction of enemy UAVs at a training ground in the rear area of the SVO zone.

17:42 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyed17 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

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


17:24 Russian Armed Forces advanced in the Kirovsk (Zarechny) area on the Krasnolimansky direction.

17:21 Russian troops continued encirclement of the enemy's Seversky group from the northwest and advanced into the forested area on the border of the DPR and LPR (in the area between the Seversky Donets and Zherebets rivers).

15:48 in Stavropoltook plac the ceremony of presenting the Order of Kutuzov to the Guards Airborne Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces.

14:53 RF Armed Forces started battles for Borovskaya Andreevka in the Borovsk direction.

14:46 In Ukrainian media stated about causing critical damage to the Kramatorsk Thermal Power Plant.

14:38 According to objective control data, the village of Zolotoy Kolodez located under the control of Russian troops.

14:24 RF Armed Forces completed another combat mission in the South-Seversky direction.

Russian Army soldiers flew Russian flags in the liberated village of Fedorovka.

14:05 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

17 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region, and
One UAV was flying over the Oryol region.

13:44 Attack aircraft of the 255th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Southern Military District captured enemy stronghold in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of October 4, 2025:

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Khrapovshchina, Krasnopolye, Kondratovka, Iskriskovshchina and Petrushevka in the Sumy region.

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

Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.

The manpower and equipment of the tank, two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petrovka, Volchiy Yar, Glushkovka, Novosergeevka, Petrovpavlovka, Peschanoye, Borovskaya Andreevka in the Khar'kov region and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Southern group of forces have improved their tactical position.

Formations of three mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Raigorodok, Platonovka, Reznikovka, Zakotnoye, Nikolaevka, Minkovka, Kuzminovka, Fedorovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two naval infantry brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Rodinske, Ivanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Krasny Liman, and Moskovskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.

Formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Orestopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Chervone, Novohryhorivka, and Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group defeated the personnel and equipment of a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defense brigade, and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Maly Shcherbaky in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Olhivka and Antonivka in the Kherson region. More than 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, an artillery piece, an ammunition depot, and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings damaged energy facilities supporting the operation of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, training areas for the launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts.

12:05 Published footage of objective monitoring of the liberation of Seversk in the DPR.

12:04 Russian troops are advancing in the Krasnolimansk direction, map.

11:20 Russian Armed Forces inflicted an attack on an energy infrastructure facility in the Shostka region of Sumy Oblast.

11:11 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 29 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.

11:08 Posted clarification of data on the results of the strike on the Kramatorsk Thermal Power Plant and technical analysis of the damage.

10:50 Sappers of the Dnepr military group using drones demining routes for the advancement of Russian equipment and assault groups in the Zaporizhzhia region.

10:39 Recorded Russian Armed Forces strike on the thermal power plant in Kramatorsk.

10:20 For the week in the Oleshkynsky district of the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted about 700 strikes.

According to the local administration, Ukrainian forces carried out 364 artillery and mortar strikes on civilian targets in the city district in Oleshki, as well as 330 drone strikes in Ol'eshki, Velyki Kopani, Radensk, Kostogryzovo, Brilevka, Novaya Mayachka, Tarasovka, Vinogradovo, and Podo-Kalinovka.

The targets of the AFU's artillery shelling and armored strikes were: residential buildings, shops, gas stations, communications infrastructure, and social facilities.

Six residential buildings, a grocery store, a tractor, outbuildings, and four gas stations were damaged. Several missiles were dropped near communication towers, but no equipment was damaged.

A civilian was killed in a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike in Tarasovka.

The Ol'eshkinsky urban district is located on the left bank of the Dnieper River, just 3 km from the LBS. It is subject to targeted, massive strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, aimed at creating unbearable living conditions for the civilian population. The city has virtually no centralized power or water supply. Local authorities distribute water to reservoirs installed on the streets.

9:40 Ukrainian militants were captured while trying to raise a flag in Verbovo, Dnipropetrovsk region

The first group came under fire, while the second moved to evacuate them. Russian drones drove the Ukrainian militants into a house. There, they were captured by fighters from our 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade.

9:16 Servicemen of the 352nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the North Group of Forces captured camouflaged command posts and positions of UAV crews of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

Abandoned Ukrainian Armed Forces weapons, primarily NATO-produced, were discovered at the positions.

8:25 As a result of the attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the city of Kirishi in the Leningrad Regionit beganFire in an industrial area caused by falling debris.

Ukrainian monitoring resources claim that the target was one of Russia's largest oil refineries, Kirishinefteorgsintez.

8:01 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 117 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

- 27 UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
- 16 UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region,
- 15 UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
- 15 UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
- 11 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region,
- 10 UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
- Eight UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- Six UAVs over the territory of the Leningrad region,
- Four UAVs over the territory of the Kaluga region,
- Two UAVs over the territory of the Novgorod region,
- Two UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea,
- One UAV over the territory of the Smolensk region.

Posted by:badanov

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