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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of September 7 (updated)
2026-09-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:01 Russian Aerospace Forces pilots inflicted a strike with one and a half ton high explosive aerial bombs on a bridge in Kramatorsk.

20:36 During the day, in the period from 8.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol regions, Perm Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.

20:29 Drone drivers hit on railway trains that the enemy used to deliver military cargo, including foreign-made UAVs (Vishnevoe area, Dnipropetrovsk region).

18:35 Geran-4 Seeker drone crews hit at enemy cargo parking lots in the Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

The enemy used the destroyed trucks to transport UAVs and their components, and used the tanker trucks to store and transport fuel.

17:48 Crews of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Center group of forces stopped logistics and rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Dobropillya direction of the Northern Military District.

15:51 Operators of attack UAVs of the Eastern Forces Group destroyed Humvee and Cossack armored vehicles, disrupting the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

12:10 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of September 7, 2026.

Units of the North group of forces in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement and destroy enemy formations in the area of the settlements of Varvarovka, Malaya Volchya, Nefedovka and Chernoye in the Khar'kov region.

Currently, approximately 1,700 militants are encircled. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has lost up to 40 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two pickup trucks, and three ATVs. The enemy has made no attempts to break out.

In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Rybitsa, Ulanovo and Khoten in the Sumy region.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost up to 190 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, ten cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Boldyrevka, Kovalivka, and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Mayaki, Raigorodok, and Rubtsy in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 170 troops, a British-made Snatch armoured fighting vehicle, 12 vehicles and three artillery pieces.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades, two airmobile brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Vysokoivanovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Krasny Molochar, Nikolaevka, Novoselovka, Semenovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 200 troops, a British-made Husky TSV armoured fighting vehicle, 23 vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Andreevka, Belozerske, Gornyak, Dobropolye, Novovodanoye, and Novogrishino in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka, Novoandriyevka, and Novotroitske in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 360 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, eight cars, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, assault, and airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Velykymykhaylivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Barvynivka, Vasynivka, Nikolskoye, Obshche, Omelnyk, and Chervony Yar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 275 servicemen and ten vehicles.

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 Antonovka, Kushugum and Razumovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

11:51 Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Golovko successfully struck an Onyx cruise missile struck a coastal target. The launch took place from the Barents Sea at a target over 300 kilometers away.

10:25 During aerial reconnaissance in the SRF discovered a command post for heavy Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which was destroyed in the basement of a high-rise building in Druzhkovka. Drones destroyed the underground command post for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAVs.

09:02 Artillerymen of the "Vostok" group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Zaporizhzhia region.

08:50 During the past night from 20:00 Moscow time on September 6 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 7, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 306 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Tambov, Ulyanovsk regions, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Udmurt Republic, the Chuvash Republic, Perm Krai and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

07:50 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue attacks on port infrastructure and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On the evening of September 6, the dry cargo ship Mavka, carrying military equipment, was hit by attack drones in the port of Chornomorsk.

This morning, the following were hit by attack drones:

in the port of Izmail – an industrial and loading complex that was used to unload military cargo supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western countries from ships;In the Black Sea, a patrol boat is used to escort ships carrying military cargo.

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