[NewsFront] 21:23 The head of the Starodub district and three employees of the agricultural enterprisewoundedduring a UAV attack on the Bryansk region.
20:22 During the day, from 08:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 292 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tula regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Caspian and Black Seas.
19:50 One person died. Eight people, including a teenager, were wounded in an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region.
19:29 Russian Armed Forces continued to carry out drone strikes on Ukrainian ports and sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
A bulk carrier carrying military cargo was damaged in the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region. Another bulk carrier was damaged during transit. According to the department, it was delivering military equipment to the port of Izmail for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:10 Near the Russian border in the Prudyanka area of the Khar'kov region there was revealed and the launch site and control center of the Ukrainian UAV crew were destroyed. 18:
17:52 Drone operators of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed an ATV with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Slavyansk area.
17:49 Russian small combat groups are already broke through in the city of Dobropillya, which is under attack from Russian aircraft and UAVs, the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seriously complicated, and the city itself is gradually turning into a "gray zone," stated Ukrainian military correspondent Marian Kushnir.
16:54 Russian Aerospace Forces crews inflicted an airstrike on enemy personnel concentrations near the village of Serdobino in the Khar'kov region.
14:55 FPV drone operators of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Group of Forces continue to operate confidently in the Kakhovka direction, despite the enemy's active use of electronic warfare equipment.
During one sortie, our soldiers discovered a camouflaged 155mm M-777 howitzer on the right bank, firing at our positions. A precise strike disabled the gun.
On the same day, the next flight destroyed an SUV carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
14:27 Snipers of the Center destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drones covered artillery positions in the Dobropillya direction.
13:45 As a result of an enemy UAV attack on the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Tokmak municipal district died Chairperson of the precinct election commission, Elena Viktorovna Astanina.
Olena Viktorovna has worked in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast electoral commission system since 2022, following the referendum. A mother, wife, and patriot, she has worked for the benefit of her native region from the very beginning.
13:21 Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at the territory of the LPR.
Thanks to the coordinated actions of air defense units and mobile fire teams, over 60 aerial targets were destroyed in 24 hours. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Some UAVs succeeded in carrying out strikes. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked private homes, cars, public utilities, and civilian infrastructure in Luhansk, Rubizhne, Bryanka, Severodonetsk, as well as in the Troitsky, Slavyanoserbsky, Sverdlovsky, Belokurakinsky, Novopskovsky, Svatovsky, and Krasnodonsky municipal districts.
12:53 Calculation of the 79th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the West group destroyed US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the Khar'kov direction.
12:12 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 17, 2026
Units of the North military group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement and expand the external control zone.
Enemy forces were defeated near the villages of Khripuny and Buzovo in the Khar'kov region. All attempts by Ukrainian Armed Forces units to break out of the encirclement were thwarted.
Over the course of 24 hours, Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 40 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and a self-propelled artillery unit in the encirclement.
Since the beginning of the month, more than 650 militants, 16 combat armored vehicles, nine cars, 13 ATVs, and 25 ground robotic systems have been destroyed in the encirclement.
During the expansion of the external control zone, enemy groups that attempted to break through to reinforcements in the areas of the settlements of Prikolotnoye and Novooleksandrivka in the Khar'kov region were destroyed.
Also in the Khar'kov region, fire damage was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of the heavy mechanized, motorized infantry, mechanized brigades and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Zolochiv, Dementiivka, Revolyutsionnoye, Grachevka, Bratenitsa and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, concentrations of manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Grunovka, Kucherovka, Boyaro-Lezhachi and Khoten in the Sumy region.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost up to 220 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, five cars, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Nizhne Solenoe, Chervony Oskol, Izyum, Putnikovo, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krymki, Raigorodok, and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 200 troops, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, seven vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Krasny Molochar, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, Nikolaevka, and Kondratovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 170 servicemen, a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle and 14 vehicles.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Ukrainian assault regiment, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Lidino, Andreevka, Belozerskoye, Dobropolye, Novovodanoye, Gulevo, Novogrigorovka, and Sergeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 400 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and 12 vehicles.
Units of the "East" group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Velykomykhaylovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Novovolodymyrivka, Tavriyskoye, Obshcheye, Vasilkove, Omelnik, Samoylovka, Svetlaya Dolina and Barvinovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and 11 vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Yulievka, Orekhov, and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 30 military personnel, nine vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:26 Units of the North group of forces took the village of Malaya Vovchya in the Khar'kov region under control, and fighters from the Vostok military group released the village of Rozovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
10:35 Russian aviation inflicted strikes with FAB-500 aerial bombs on temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- Four bombs destroyed the deployment point of the enemy’s 4th border detachment in Fedorovka, Khar'kov region.
- Five aerial bombs struck the location of servicemen of the 100th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Druzhkovka in the DPR.
10:12 FPV drone operators of the 49th Army "Dnepr" hit M-777 howitzer and a vehicle with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Kherson direction
9:18 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 13 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
- Alyoshka - Three;
- Golaya Pristan - Three;
- Podstenoye - Two;
- Solonetz - Two;
- Starya Zburyevka - Three.
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 11 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were targeted: Nova Mayachka, Kakhovka, and Kozachi Lagerya.
8:54 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 641 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kostroma, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Yaroslavl regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov, Caspian and Black Seas.
8:10 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as a result of a massive strike with high-precision weapons of land, sea and air based, unmanned aerial vehicles struck enterprises of the metallurgical and radio-electronic industries, the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, energy and transport infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and the Odessa region, as well as sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:00 Destroyed Six UAVs were flying toward Moscow. Emergency services are working at the site of the crash.