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Current information on the situation on the front line as of September 1 (updated)
2026-09-02
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[NewsFront] 21:21 RF Armed Forces attacks Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in occupied Zaporizhia

20:30 During the day from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroye 109 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.

19:54 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok group worked out to the control points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

18:41 Crew of the Prince Prophetic Oleg reconnaissance UAV of the Center group discovered and confirmed the destruction of the enemy's drone control point (Dnipropetrovsk direction).

15:43 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group, having struck the equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stopped rotation and supply of the enemy in the Krasnolimansk direction.

The precision strikes hit: NATO-made Boxer armored personnel carriers, armored vehicles, pickup trucks, and ground robots.

14:10 A UAV crew from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,VIDEO

13:21 Attack aircraft from the 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade opened and destroyed a large stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Most of the stronghold's fortifications were cleared during the first approach, but one of the structures was deeply buried and carefully camouflaged. From the outside, it looked like a small shelter, but during the assault, it was discovered that the main structure was underground.

13:13 Orekhovo direction. Far Eastern soldiers from the 1198th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 35th Army liberated Chervona Krinitsa, MAP

12:20 Summary of tyhe Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of September 1, 2026)

Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized and airmobile brigade, as well as two territorial defense brigades, near the settlements of Ulanovo, Korenok, Mala Rybitsa, and Streletskaya Pushkarka in Sumy Oblast. In Khar'kov Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault regiment, two territorial defense brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Sosnovy Bor, Berezhne, Podsredne, Rublene, and Prikolotne in Khar'kov Oblast. The enemy lost up to 210 service members, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.

They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Lesnaya Stenka and Grushevka in the Khar'kov region, and Svyatogorsk, Sydorov, and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost over 180 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, including a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery unit, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line.

They defeated two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two unmanned systems brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Vasyutinskoye, Druzhkovka, Kurtovka, and Raiskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost over 210 service members, three Western-made armored combat vehicles, 25 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical position.

They inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Andreevka, Belozerske, Raksha, Novofedorivka, and Novotroitske in the Donetsk People's Republic. Ukrainian armed forces lost over 365 service members, two armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Chervona Krynytsia in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The personnel and equipment of a mechanized, two assault, two airborne assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade were destroyed near the settlements of Barvinovka, Vasynivka, Nikolskoye, Obshcheye, and Vasilevskoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Shevyakino in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The enemy lost more than 295 service members, three vehicles, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.

As a result of decisive actions by units of the Dnepr group of forces, the village of Novopavlovka in the Zaporizhzhia region was liberated.

The personnel and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault, and artillery brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged near the villages of Orekhov, Chervony Zhovten, and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region. Up to 65 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, 16 vehicles, an artillery piece, and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:20 UAV operators of the Southern group of forces destroyed enemy NRTK in populated areas of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.

11:18 A UAV crew from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, VIDEO

11:13 A UAV crew from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces Stryker armored combat vehicle, VIDEO

10:42 Druzhkovka direction. Assault units entered Raiskoye, MAP

10:22 In August 2026, the Russian Armed Forces liberated 274 square kilometers of territory, MAP

09:34 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision weapons and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles against military-industrial and fuel and energy enterprises in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as against infrastructure facilities in Odessa, the Odessa region, and the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk used for the storage and delivery of military cargo and fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Affected in the city of Kyiv:

Fire Point LLC, an industrial enterprise that produces components and warheads for the FP-5 Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, as well as solid-fuel boosters;

the industrial enterprise Aerobavovna LLC, which manufactures aerostats for the delivery and control of long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles, including the Hornet type;

The Darnitsa locomotive depot, which repairs railway locomotives and is one of the key service points for the locomotive fleet used to deliver military supplies.

Affected in the Kyiv region:

a workshop for the assembly, retrofitting and storage of unmanned boats in the village of Khotov;

An oil depot in the town of Boryspil, which supplies the Ukrainian Armed Forces with fuel and lubricants.

Affected in Odessa and the Odessa region:

A thermal power plant and three electrical substations that ensured the functioning of the port infrastructure, as well as a UAV assembly shop;

in the port of Odessa there are 16 storage facilities with weapons and military equipment and six tanks with fuel and lubricants supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western countries;

in the port of Chernomorsk there are two warehouses with military-technical equipment intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

Border checkpoint and ferry crossing in Orlovka.

07:56 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision weapons and long-range strike drones.

The following were injured as a result of the strike:

enterprises of the military-industrial and fuel and energy complexes in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, involved in the production of missile and unmanned aerial systems, components for them, and the provision of fuel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

Infrastructure facilities in Odessa, Odessa region, and the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk, used for storing military cargo, fuels and lubricants, and ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian ports.

07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Nikolaevka was liberated (+2.7 km2)

Malaya Tokmachka was liberated (+4.8 km2)

Staroandreevka was liberated, the Russian Armed Forces entered Novoandreevka (+15 km2)

07:33 Artillerymen of the North group of forces smashed to pieces fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.

Posted by:badanov

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