[NewsFront] 20:55 PM Russian Ministry of Defense published a selection of footage of Russian drone operators working in various fields.
20:25 Military signalers of the communications battalion of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces demonstrated his work in the SVO zone.
19:44 UAV operators from the 1251st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces shot down the Baba Yaga while providing cover for the infantry in the sky, video.
18:19 Fighters of the "West" group of forceswere able totake up a number of new positions in the area of Otradnoye and Ambarnoye in the Kupyansk direction.
18:16 Rubicon Center specialists are hitting the enemy, video.
17:58 Our fighters increased the fortification zone west of Stepova Novoselovka in the East Kupyansk direction.
17:06 According to incoming information, our troops lead fighting for control of a block in the center of Krasnoarmeysk, advancing along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street from the train station and from Marshal Moskalenko Street from the south. The train station building was captured.
16:32 South Pokrovskoe direction.
Soldiers of the 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 1452nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces released the village of Novopavlovka in the DPR.
16:16 To the specialists of the signal troops of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces handed over departmental awards.
Military awards were delivered directly to the front lines. During the rare lull before the next battle, personnel received departmental medals: "For Distinction in Combat" and "For Military Valor" of both degrees.
14:54 In the Ukrainian DTEK statedt his morning, a processing plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region was damaged. The aftermath is still being cleaned up.
14:06 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated servicemen of the 57th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade with the liberation of the village of Poltavka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
13:18 Published footage of the destruction of the 2S22 Bogdan self-propelled gun near Andreevka in the Khar'kov region.
12:55 Russian Ministry of Defense reported about the liberation of another settlement.
The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Molodetskoye on the border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
12:49 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of October 20, 2025:
Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.
The formations of the mechanized and ranger brigades, the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Proletarske, Sadki, Pavlovka, Varachino and Andreevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry and mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechanskoye and Volchansk 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 three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kurilovka, Petrovka, Ostrovskoe, Boguslavka, and Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Berestok, Kramatorsk, Ivanopol, Stepanivka, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of active offensive actions, liberated the village of Lenino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade, three mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Grishino, Toretskoye, Novonikolayevka, Dimitrov, Volnoye and Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novogrigorovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Units of the Eastern Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Privolye, Alekseyevka, Yegorovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Dolinka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Units of the Dnipro group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Pavlivka and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Sadovoe and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack 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, storage sites for attack unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces in 142 districts.
Air defense systems shot down three guided aerial bombs and 129 unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:23 Described operational situation in the Gulyai-Pole direction.
After clearing Poltavka, units of the East Force Group have practically driven the enemy out of most of Novonikolaevka (clearing is ongoing) and have reached the southeastern outskirts of Uspenovka.
Between Okhotnichye and Novonikolaevka the enemy still holds a number of strongpoints of the 2nd defensive line, prepared for defense from the southern direction.
Taking Uspenovka will allow us to bypass this line from the rear and reach the flank/rear of the Hulyai-Polye defensive region of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy is currently concentrating its efforts on maintaining defensive positions on the left bank of the Yanchur River from Uspenovka to Danilovka. And that's precisely why the loss of Novonikolaevka is critical. The enemy is counterattacking.
To the north, our troops continue to break through to the highway between Gulyaipole and the village of Pokrovskoe (Dnipropetrovsk region, a major logistics hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
Northwest of Novogrigorovka, Russian forces bypassed the Krasnogorskoye area and the enemy's prepared positions, crossed the Yanchur River north of Pershotravnevoye, and occupied the northern part of the village on the left bank.
The highway is 7.5 kilometers away through fields and plantings, providing access to the enemy's flank and rear in Danilovka, Vishnevoye, and Yegorovka to the north, and Gulyaipole and Uspenovka to the south.
11:39 A Tornado-G MLRS crew from the artillery unit of the 8th Army of the Center group of forces delivered a precise and powerful strike on an enemy stronghold in the Konstantinovsky direction, video.
11:36 According to operational information, our troops overcome railway track in the west of Krasnoarmeysk and consolidated their positions in an area called the village of Shcherbakovka.
10:49 Soldiers of the 27th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forcesstartedwork to destroy the enemy and liberate the territory of Pokrovsk beyond the railway.
10:32 Russian armycame upclose to Yarovaya in the Krasnolimansky direction, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of the village.
10:05 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the "Vostok" force group destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
9:16 Geran-2 UAV crewss truck temporary deployment point of the 158th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Sredniy Burluk in the Kupyansk direction.
8:30 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
Three UAVs were flying over the territory of the Republic of Crimea
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Ulyanovsk region.
8:01 Artillerymen of the Eastern Forces Group destroyed enemy UAV control points in the Dnipropetrovsk region.