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Latest information on the situation on the front line on October 6 (updated)
2025-10-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:33 Footage of the Russian Aerospace Forces crews at work in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions, –video.

21:11 Ministry of DefenseRussian Federation:

Drone operators from the "West" military group burned a vehicle carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Khar'kov region.

Operators of FPV drones and Molniya-2 attack UAVs from the Vostok group of forces destroyed enemy temporary deployment points in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

UAV operators from the Center group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and fortifications at temporary deployment points in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Specialists from the Rubicon Center destroyed enemy manpower and equipment in the Sumy direction.

8:49 PM Pokrovsk. Russian troops are taking up new positions in the city.MAP.

19:13 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Kupyansk and the surrounding area, –MAP.

19:11 In the area of the village of Volokhovskoye, special forces of the 6th Army of the Leningrad Military District destroyed a 155mm self-propelled howitzer "Bogdana" with several strikes from drones using fiber optics,video.

18:19 In the period from 13:00 to 18:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

18:14 Drone operators of the Southern Group of Forces ensured the destruction of enemy fortifications and UAV control points in the DPR –VIDEO

16:19 Ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet completed a long voyage and returned to Severomorsk.

14:29 In the border zone of the Sumy region, fighters from the Rubicon unmanned systems center identified and destroyed a self-propelled howitzer "Palladin" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with several drone strikes, video.

13:23 In the period from 10:50 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

13:12 Dobropolsky salient. Russian soldiers returned under full control of Pankovka and Nikanorovka, and also advanced from the west to Shakhovo.

12:16 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 6, 2025

Units of the North military group, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the village of Otradnoye in the Khar'kov region.

Formations of two mechanized, airborne assault brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Iskriskovshchina, Krasnopolye, Kondratovka, Petrushevka and Osoevka 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 Ambarnoye, Volchansk and Chugunovka in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 160 service members, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots, and five supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Peschanoye, Kupyansk, and Petrovka in the Khar'kov region, and Novomykolaivka and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 230 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun. Six ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. Three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Platonovka, Seversk, Zakotnoye, Reznikovka, Ivanopolye, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 225 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, a Jaeger brigade, two airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Ivanovka, Dimitrov, Dorozhnoye, Gruzskoye, Toretskoye, Artemovka, and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 410 servicemen, a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle, and three pickup trucks.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Uspenovka, Privolnoye, Pavlovka, Novohryhorivka, and Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost over 370 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 16 cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnipro group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Olhivka and Antonivka in the Kherson region.

Up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five cars, three electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

11:35 Work of the mobile group to repel attacks by enemy drones flying in transit through the Luhansk People's Republic –VIDEO

10:46 Kupyansk direction. Assault groups have taken up new positions north of Peschane –MAP

08:45 Snipers of the "East" force group destroyed heavy hexacopters "Baba Yaga" during the liberation of the village of Verbove in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

07:41 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 251 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

62 UAVs – over the Black Sea,▫️
40 UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
34 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,▫️
30 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
20 UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,▫️
17 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,▫️
Eight UAVs each – over the territories of the Bryansk and Tula regions,▫️
5 UAVs – over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Ryazan region,▫️
Two UAVs each – over the territories of Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Tambov and Oryol regions,
One UAV each – over the territory of the Lipetsk region and over the Moscow region
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07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Kuzminovka was liberated
Advance in the village of Vladimirovka
Enemy controls the landings southwest of Alekseyevka

06:28 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Zapad group of forcesworkedto the UAV control point in the Krasnolimansky direction.

06:04 Ixologists of the "North" group inflicted an attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces engineering equipment with a Lancet loitering munition in the border area of the Khar'kov region.

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