[NewsFront] 21:26 Postedf ootage of a fire at a substation on the territory of the West Donbass mine in Ternovka, Dnipropetrovsk region.
21:10 In the period from 17:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
10 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region.
8:46 PM Published footage of a UAV landing at a DTEK LLC mine in Ternovka, Dnipropetrovsk region.
20:13 According to operational information, the Russian Armed Forces took under control of the village of Moskovskoe near Dimitrov (Mirnograd) and broke through to the south-eastern part of the city, taking up positions in the area of Sretenskaya and Sedova streets.
19:40 While carrying out a combat mission in the village of Borisovka, Volokonovsky district, Belgorod region, as a result of an attack by an FPV dronediedOne and four fighters from the Orlan unit were wounded.
17:53 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
16:45 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on the territory of the Belgorod region. Another civilian was wounded.
A tractor operator was injured when a drone struck a tractor working in a field near the village of Kazinka in the Valuysky District. At the Valuysky Central District Hospital, the man was diagnosed with a mine blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the shoulder. All necessary medical care was provided, and further treatment will continue as an outpatient. The tractor was damaged at the site of the attack.
15:35 Artillerymen of the Eastern Forces Group worked out on identified targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Aerial reconnaissance revealed an area where the enemy had set up dugouts, trenches, and engineering structures to fire and cover the movement of equipment.
Cannon artillery crews destroyed the bunkers and fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units and suppressed their firing points, which allowed the assault units to advance forward in this area.
14:55 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:31 UAV crews from the Sever group identified and destroyed two enemy Bukovel electronic warfare stations. The first was destroyed by an FPV strike, the second by a precise VOGAP drop.video.
13:20 Enemy infantry movement opened northern reconnaissance units using UAVs, after which the enemy group was destroyed by an FPV crew.
13:00 in the Chernihiv region liquidated position of the MLRS "Khimars" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
As a result of reconnaissance activities in the area of the settlement of Kuzminskoye (133 km northeast of the settlement of Chernigov, 18 km from the state border), the location of the MLRS "Khimars" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was discovered.
The Iskander-M missile system crew of the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the identified target.
12:38 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 19, 2025:
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of the tank and Jaeger brigades, the airborne assault and assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Khrapovshchina, Sadki, Pushkarevka, Pavlovka, Andreyevka, Kondratovka, and Varachino in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the heavy mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Dvurechanskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 12 vehicles, two artillery pieces, including a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher, and two supply depots.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an unmanned aerial systems battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three territorial defense brigades, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Petrovka, Kurilovka, Nechvolodovka, Shiykovka, Kovsharovka, Boguslavka, and Kupyansk in Khar'kov Oblast, and Krasny Liman and Ostrovskoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 230 troops, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 28 vehicles, and an artillery piece. Eleven electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of five mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Seversk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Ivano-Polish, Slavyansk, Stepanovka, and Berestok in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 205 troops, two tanks, a Cossack armored fighting vehicle, nine pickup trucks, a self-propelled artillery unit, as well as US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, a HMMWV armored vehicle, and a MaxxPro armored vehicle. A US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of active offensive actions, liberated the village of Chunishino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two heavy mechanized, six mechanized, two airborne assault, a Jaeger, an assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Toretskoye, Grishino, Novogrigorovka, Novopavlovka, Dimitrov, Volnoye, Novonikolaevka and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 485 servicemen, a tank, a Cossack combat armored vehicle, six vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dolinka, Yegorovka, Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Alekseyevka and Privolye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost over 380 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, three field artillery pieces and a supply depot.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Otradokamenka, Zmiivka, Lvovo, Sadovoe in the Kherson region, and Pavlivka and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 90 military personnel, 14 vehicles, three artillery pieces, a P-18 air target detection radar, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
12:00 Electronic warfare system "Dome of Donbass" in a week prevented 622 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 432 drones were destroyed over Donetsk and Makiivka, and 190 over Gorlovka.
Ukrainian forces continue to employ combined air strike tactics. The enemy attempted to attack one of the active mines in Makiivka. Two Czech FP-1 drones armed with OFB-60-YaU high-explosive fragmentation warheads were intercepted in the air.
Militants targeted an industrial construction site in the Sovietsky district of Makeyevka. An electronic warfare system suppressed an enemy HF-1 aircraft-type drone carrying a UYA-U-85-3 warhead.
Gorlovka continues to be subject to attacks by FPV drones carrying improvised explosive devices.
The Donbass Dome electronic warfare system, operated by servicemen from the regional FSB command, intercepted enemy drones, after which bomb disposal experts successfully neutralized the suppressed drones and destroyed their warheads without causing harm to civilians or infrastructure.
11:45 Seven settlements of the Belgorod regionattackedby Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. A civilian was wounded.
A man was injured in a drone attack on a manufacturing facility in the city of Shebekino. An ambulance crew transported the victim, who suffered a penetrating shrapnel wound to the abdomen, to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. All necessary medical care is being provided. Windows, walls, and equipment in two buildings on the premises were damaged.
In the village of Nezhegol, a drone strike knocked out windows in a private home, damaging the roof, façade, and a power line.
In the village of Tishanka in the Volokonovsky District, the roof of a public facility was damaged by the dropping of two explosive devices from a drone.
In the village of Plotovka, the detonation of an FPV drone shattered the windows of a private home and damaged an outbuilding in a neighboring property.
In the village of Konovalovo, a drone attacked a private home, shattering the windows.
In the village of Borisovka, a drone attacked a commercial enterprise, damaging a GAZelle van.
In the village of Gora-Podol in the Graivoronsky District, a drone struck a private home, shattering windows and knocking down a power line.
10:31 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will begin to investigate criminal actions by Ukrainian armed forces in the Belgorod region
According to government authorities, a man was injured as a result of a drone strike in the village of Glotovo in the Graivoronsky District of the Belgorod Region.
10:21 Russian fighters suppress the movement of Ukrainian special operations forces units and detachments of the Shkval battalion, made up of former prisoners, was reported by the group's commander, call sign "Aid."
There are also approximately 16–18 enemy UAV crews operating in this section of the front: they are using both conventional FPV drones and heavy copters.
9:11 Ukrainian Armed Forces overnight released 12 shells from barrel artillery in the Kherson region.
The following were subjected to shelling: Proletarka, Novaya Mayachka, Kakhovka and Korsunka.
8:28 In the Orekhov direction of the Zaporizhzhia front, Lancet operators from the 4th military base destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer and its crew were deployed to a position near the village of Preobrazhenka. Another D-30 was destroyed near the town of Orekhov by fighters from the 4th Military Battalion using an FPV strike.
8:00 During the past night, from 23:00 on October 18 to 7:00 on October 19, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 45 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
12 - over the territory of the Samara region,
11 - over the territory of the Saratov region ,
Five - over the territory of the Rostov region,
Five - over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Three - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two - over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
One - over the territory of the Volgograd region,
One - over the territory of the Orenburg region,
One - over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One - over the territory of the Tver region,
One - over the territory of the Tula region.