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Latest information on the situation on the front line on October 7 (updated)
2025-10-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:41 Fighters of the Center group of forcesare expandingcontrol in Ivanovka, Dnipropetrovsk region.

21:16 Russian Armed Forces advanced north of Dimitrov (Mirnograd),map.

21:08 Flags of the Russian Federationraised in liberated Novovasilevske in the Zaporizhzhia region.

8:49 Published details of the liberation of Novogeorgievka by fighters of the "East" military group.

19:48 Mirnograd direction. Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Chervony Liman (Krasny Liman),MAP.

19:31 Konstantinovskoye direction

Kleban-Byk has been completely captured by units of the "South" group. Russian units are attacking the dam area west of the reservoir on the southern bank to completely seal off the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the eastern part south of the reservoir. Simultaneously, Russian forces are pushing the enemy out of the forested areas south of the reservoir toward the southern bank.

On the western bank, assault groups reached the parking lot area containing the "dinosaurs." The enemy holds strongholds near the pools on the slope higher up to the north and near the greenery on the slopes to the east. The enemy is using a large number of UAVs in this area.

Northeast of the reservoir, Russian forces continue fighting for Pleshcheyevka in the southern part and have advanced eastward along the banks of the Krivoy Torets River and the T-05-16 road, dislodging the enemy from a stronghold near farms on the outskirts of Ivanopol. Fighting continues for plantings along the railway between Ivanopol and Aleksandro-Shultino, in the area of the dacha community and Predtechino.

18:28 Servicemen of the UAV unit of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Group of Forces destroyed a drone control center with enemy personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

18:00 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

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

17:40 In Odessa, women tried to stop the TCC bus in which their men were being transported,video.

16:40 Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked five municipalities of the Belgorod region.

A drone struck a car in the village of Masychevo in the Graivoronsky District. A man with a barotrauma and a shrapnel wound to his leg was taken to the Graivoron Central District Hospital. After providing medical assistance, an ambulance crew transported the victim to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The car caught fire as a result of the detonation.

In the village of Smorodino, a drone dropped an explosive device, shattering windows in a private home and damaging the roof, façade, and entrance.

In the village of Mokraya Orlovka, a drone attack shattered the rear window of a car.

In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky District, an FPV drone strike shattered the windows and damaged the body of a car parked in the yard. The roof and fence of a house were damaged.

In the village of Pervoe Tseplyaevo, a drone detonated in a parking lot, destroying one car and damaging a second. The explosion damaged the roof of a private home.

In the village of Chervona Dibrovka, an FPV drone strike on a business parking lot resulted in one car being burned and a second being damaged.

In the village of Chaiki in the Belgorod District, a private home was attacked by a drone, piercing the roof and damaging the façade and canopy. A car parked in the yard sustained broken windows and damage to the bodywork.

In the village of Yasnye Zori, a drone's detonation pierced the roof of a private home.

In the village of Kaznacheyevka in the Valuysky District, an FPV drone struck a farm, destroying the roof of a warehouse and two pieces of equipment.

In the village of Leonovka, a drone's detonation pierced the roof of one of the buildings on the farm's premises.

In the village of Plotvyanka in the Volokonovsky District, a drone attack damaged two outbuildings.

In the village of Borisovka, a power line was downed by an FPV drone strike. One street is partially without power. Emergency crews will begin restoration work after approval from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

15:40 Crew of the 152mm self-propelled gun 2A36 "Giatsint-B" of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Group of Forces destroyed temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.

15:26 Armed Forces of Ukraine committed a new drone attack attempt on a radiation-hazardous facility – the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant

On the night of October 6-7, a combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was suppressed by technical means near the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant. As a result, the Ukrainian drone collided with the evaporative cooling tower of the operating power unit No. 6 of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant, causing the UAV to detonate.

14:59 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

14:20 Four civilians suffered from the strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

On the Murom-Sereda highway in the Shebekinsky District, a car struck an explosive device. The driver went to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. The man was diagnosed with a mine blast injury and barotrauma. Treatment will continue at the hospital. The car was damaged.

A truck was attacked by an FPV drone near the village of Moshchenoye in the Graivoronsky District. Three people were injured: a woman with multiple shrapnel wounds to the face, arms, and legs, and one man with barotrauma and multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, arm, and thigh. The third victim has a preliminary diagnosis of barotrauma. BARS-Belgorod personnel transported them to the Graivoron Central District Hospital, where they received the necessary assistance. The injured will be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 for further treatment and examination. The vehicle was damaged.

14:00 Yesterday (06.10.2025) Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a tractor crashed in the Rylsk district of the Kursk region. Two men, aged 45 and 19, were injured in the impact.

13:20 Calculations of the "Solntsepeks" of the "North" main battle group destroyed deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Volchansk.

12:26 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 7, 2025

Units of the "North" force group defeated formations of a mechanized and airborne assault brigade and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Oleksiivka, Sadki, Krasnopolye, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Kharkiv direction, units of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were defeated near the settlements of Liptsy, Reznikovo, Vovchansk, and Chugunovka in Kharkiv Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 service members, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, and an artillery piece. Two US-made HIMARS and MLRS multiple launch rocket system launchers, an electronic warfare station, and eight supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a tank brigade, two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Vyssheye Solenoye, Izyumskoye, and Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, and Yarovaya, Drobyshevo, and Vovchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy suffered losses of up to 225 troops, two armored combat vehicles, 27 vehicles, and a US-made M-198 155mm howitzer. A Romanian-made APR-40 122mm multiple launch rocket system launcher, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station, seven electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dronovka, Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Zakotnoye, Reznikovka, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 100 troops, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made MaxxPro armored car, 18 vehicles, and four artillery pieces, including two from NATO countries. A Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Units of the Center Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade, four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, a Jaeger brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Torskoye, Rusin Yar, Rodynskoye, Dimitrov, Ivanovka, Toretskoye, and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 415 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, including two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, six pickup trucks, and an artillery piece.

Units of the "East" group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade, the territorial defense brigade, and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Chervone, Poltavka, Uspenovka, and Novohryhorivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost over 365 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, 16 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mountain assault brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepnogorsk, Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region, Kazatskoe, Tyaginka and Lvovo in the Kherson region.

Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, nine vehicles, a field artillery gun and seven electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

12:05 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces, as a result of active and decisive actions released Novovasilevskoye settlement, Zaporizhzhia region.

12:04 Units of the Southern group of forces are actively involved in operations released settlement of Fedorovka, Donetsk People's Republic.

11:58 Geran-2 UAV crewsdestroyedenemy fuel and lubricants depot in the area of the village of Chernigov.

11:40 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea.

11:33 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

UAV crews from the Vostok group of forces disrupted the rotation of enemy personnel and destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Operators of FPV attack drones from the Center group of forces destroyed enemy artillery crews in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Drone operators from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed robotic systems and vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Drone crews from the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit burned Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles and equipment.

10:53 Hulyai-Pole district, Zaporizhia region. Assault groups are taking up new positions east of Novomykolaivka.MAP.

10:19 A crew of the 120mm 2S9 Nona-SVK self-propelled mortar of the Center group of forcesdestroyedUkrainian Armed Forces drone control point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Petropavlovka area
Otradnoye was liberated
Expansion of the control zone in Pokrovsk

07:26 From 23:00 Moscow time on 06.10 to 07:00 Moscow time on 07.10, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 184 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

62 over the Kursk region,
31 over the Belgorod region,
30 over the Nizhny Novgorod region,
18 over the Voronezh region,
13 over the Black Sea,
Six over the Lipetsk region,
Five over the Kaluga region,
Four over the Tula region,
Three UAVs each over the Rostov and Ryazan regions,
Two UAVs each over the Bryansk and Oryol regions, the Republic of Crimea,
Two over the Moscow region, including 1 flying to Moscow,
One over the Vologda region.

05:00 Crew of the TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system of the Center force group destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

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