[NewsFront] 20:47 Operators of attack UAVs of the Eastern Forces Group stopped an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen their positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
20:31 During the day from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 39 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Rostov regions and over the Black Sea.
20:07 152mm 2S19 Msta-S crew from the 288th Guards Artillery Brigade of the West group liquidated Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control center in the Kupyansk direction
19:20 Luhansk under attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs, above the city saw Ukrainian "Hornet"
18:51 Recorded strikes in an industrial zone in Sumy
18:26 in Zaporizhzhia are fixed arrivals and smoke
17:51 In the Peschan community and the Orlovchansky Starostinsky district is carrying out evacuation of the population from the danger zone
17:37 In the Belgorod region as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV two civilians were wounded.
17:10 Calculations of strike UAVs of the "Center" group worked out against Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in the Dobropillya direction.
16:23 As a result of a targeted attack by a Ukrainian drone, two employees of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant were injured
The attack occurred in the area of the station's hydraulic structures while employees of the repair and construction shop were performing their duties.
One of the injured is in serious condition, the other is in moderate condition. Both employees were quickly evacuated to a medical facility. They are receiving all necessary medical care, and their condition is under medical supervision.
15:51 Russian naval infantry rocket launchers blocked approaches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the settlement of Dobropillya
15:25 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger bus and a car wash in Gorlovka, there were no casualties
14:56 In Afip liquidated consequences of the UAV attack
14:35 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of August 25, 2026
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and airmobile brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Ulanovo, Pisarevka, and Khrapovshchina in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Prikolotnoye, Berezhnoye, Goptovka, and Blagovatnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 servicemen, a tank, five vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 counter-battery radar station.
Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as two territorial defense brigades, have been defeated near the settlements of Maleevka, Novy Mir, Shevchenkove, and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Svyatogorsk, Pryshyb, Raigorodok, and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 230 servicemen, three Western-made armored personnel carriers, 16 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Semenovka, and Kurtovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 150 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 26 cars and two field artillery pieces.
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the village of Annovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, ranger, and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and three National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Viktorovka, Belozerskoye, Novotroitske, Gruzskoye, Dobropolye, Novogrishino in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Maryevka and Yuryevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 350 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars, an artillery piece, and three electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval iunfantry brigade near the settlements of Malinovka and Kolomiytsi in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Barvinovka, Nezhenka, Chervony Yar, Omelnyk, and Chervonaya Krynytsia in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 300 soldiers, six vehicles and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Malokaterinovka and Yurkovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 30 military personnel, 14 vehicles and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
13:57 Russian Armed Forces with Geraniums hit a tanker in the port of Yuzhny and a dry cargo ship in the port of Odessa, as well as two Ukrainian Armed Forces vessels in the Black Sea
13:18 Over the past 24 hours, the Zaporizhzhia region suffered attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Six people, including two emergency workers who were extinguishing the fire were wounded.
13:00 Coming shelling of Kamenka-Dniprovska by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
12:24 Units of the Center group of forces released Annovka settlement, Donetsk People's Republic.
11:48 Man died and two more people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Bryansk region.
11:25 As a result of the attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, a peaceful resident was wounded
11:02 Russian Armed Forces continue to strike targets in Khar'kov and the region
10:36 Man suffered when a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone exploded on the territory of a private home in Malinovka, Belgorod District
9:56 Russian Army inflicted attacks on infrastructure in Odessa
Ukrainian energy company DTEK announced an emergency situation that is currently being addressed.
09:32 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of group strikes on Ukrainian ports and ships involved in delivering cargo to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Last night, attack drones struck a dry cargo ship delivering cargo to Ukraine destined for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as port infrastructure facilities used for unloading military cargo, at the Yuzhny port.
09:07 Drone drivers of the "Center"covered a network of antenna repeaters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:28 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 148 air targets over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
07:15 Crew of the Molniya-2 strike UAV of the Dnepr group burned a vehicle with a group of engineering reconnaissance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
05:39 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of Kostroma paratroopers smashed temporary deployment point for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.