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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of September 20 (updated)
2026-09-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:57 Russian Armed Forces released the villages of Chernoe, Nefedovka, Blagovatnoe, and Vasilevka in the Khar'kov region

20:36 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 112 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 Black Sea.

19:57 Six people suffered due to strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Starodub, Bryansk Oblast

Ukrainian Armed Forces drones struck a minibus and a passenger car. All victims were taken to the hospital and received all necessary medical care.

19:39 Russian Army destroyed Ukraine which has 2.1 million square meters of modern warehouse space out of 5 million — FT

The publication reports that in recent months alone, strikes have damaged 900,000 square meters of space, forcing Ukrainian businesses to restructure their logistics.

18:53 During attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region suffered two people hurt, including a 17-year-old teenager

In Rzhevka, Shebekinsky District, a man sustained a shrapnel wound to his shin, and another drone injured a 17-year-old teenager. Both victims are hospitalized.

17:59 In the Dobropillya direction, drone operators of the Center group fell asleep in positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with propaganda leaflets

This helped Ukrainian servicemen make the right decision – to lay down their arms and surrender.

17:27 It is reported about arrival at the Eco-Market warehouses near Kyiv

17:03 Crews of the separate brigade of unmanned systems troops "Smersh" liquidated a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces near Slavyansk

16:39 Girl died due to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the village of Sofiyivka in the Kherson region

The parents were injured.

16:33 Russian Army inflicted strikes on a bridge and two Ukrainian radar stations at once

Geranium-4 Seeker crews hit a road bridge in the Mayaky area of Odessa Oblast, which was used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the movement of military vehicles.

Two more strikes hit Ukrainian 35D6 radars in the areas of Starokazachee in the Odessa region and Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

16:07 In Novy Oskol, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone hit a school

According to the Operational Headquarters, there were no casualties.

15:59 It is reported on the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a transport infrastructure facility in the Zhytomyr region

15:19 Russian Aerospace Forces bomber aircraft interacting with strike UAV crews of the 20th Army and 1st Tank Army of the West Guard inflicted fire damage to the firing positions of the 3rd separate airborne brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Maleevka, destroying up to 15 militants

14:53 In Kramatorsk deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a gas station was hit.

14:33 A 15-year-old girl and her 19-year-old brother suffered wounds, Their parents died during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in Sofjino, near Moscow.

14:19 In Grayvoron, during an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone a woman was wounded.

She suffered shrapnel wounds to her legs. She was taken to a local hospital. After receiving medical attention, she is expected to be transferred to a medical facility in Belgorod. The attacks also affected the Belgorod, Shebekinsky, and Valuysky districts.

13:57 Russian Armed Forces continue fighting for the outskirts of the city and Annovka. Further south, infiltration is underway into the villages of Maloe Dobropolye, Chernigovka, Vodyanskoye, and Matyashevo.

13:19 It is reported about the attack on the airfield in Vasylkiv in the Kyiv region

12:47 Ukraine lost steel industry due to Russian strikes

The factories that accounted for 90% of the country's production of these products are now idle, Metinvest and Arcelor announced.

12:07 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 20, 2026

Units of the "North" military group in the Khar'kov region are tightening the encirclement and expanding the external control zone.

Enemy forces were defeated in the encirclement ring in the areas of the settlements of Varvarovka, Grachevka, Reznikovo, Khizhnyakovo and Khripuny in the Khar'kov region, and battles are underway to liberate the settlement of Buzovo in the Khar'kov region.

Over the course of 24 hours, the besieged Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses of more than 30 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a car, and a ground-based robotic system.

Active military operations are underway to expand the external control zone in the areas of the settlements of Novooleksandrivka, Petrovpavlovka, Polnaya and Prikolotnoye in the Khar'kov region.

Also in the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, and artillery brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Artemovka, Berezhnoye, Doroshenkovo, Martynovka, Novoselivka, Podsrednee, Revolyutsionnoye, and Sosnovka in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, formations of three territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Volnaya Sloboda and Studenok in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost up to 195 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Vysshe Solenoye, Grushevka, Maleevka, Monachinovka, and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Karpovka, Lozove, Mayaki, Starodubovka, and Yatskovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 230 servicemen, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, a Cossack armored car, 15 pickup trucks, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Vasilevskaya Pustosh, Vysokoivanovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, Krasny Molochar, Nikolaevka, Novoselivka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 195 servicemen, three Cossack combat armored vehicles, 26 vehicles and three artillery pieces.

Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an unmanned systems regiment, an assault battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, the Azov special forces brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Andreevka, Belozerske, Verovka, Dobropolye, Maryevka, Novohryhorivka, Novofedorivka, Novoyavlenka, and Staroraiske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Mezhevaya and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 455 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, two field artillery pieces, a radar station, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group continue to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, four airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Velykomykhaylovka, and Shevchenko in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Dudnikovo, Novokasyanovka, and Obshche in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 280 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and eight cars.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades and an unmanned aerial vehicle brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kushugum, Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Yurkivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Novoraisk in the Kherson region.

Up to 40 military personnel, 21 vehicles and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:26 Operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces inflicted damage to transport infrastructure facilities, ammunition depots, military-technical equipment, UAV production workshops and storage sites, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 146 districts.

10:55 Chairman of the precinct election commission in the Moscow region suffered as a result of a night attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

However, in the morning she opened the site and continued working, Ella Pamfilova reported.

10:41 Apartment building damaged as a result of a drone attack on the Ryazan region

10:11 Two people, including a member of the Central Election Commission, died during a drone attack on a civilian bus in the Kherson region

9:55 Two people, including a boy born in 2012, were wounded as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Voronezh region

9:34 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 1,110 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Smolensk, Oryol, Rostov, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara regions, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.

9:03 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 10 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

- Alyoshki - Three;
– Novaya Mayachka – Twp;
– Sofievka – Three;
– Tavriysk – Two.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 16 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Hola Prystan, Dnepryany, Velyki Kopani, Kozachi Lagerya, and Kostogryzove.

8:39 Drone crews hit a tanker used to deliver military cargo to the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the port of Chornomorsk in Odessa Oblast.

8:27 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on logistics centers, warehouses and ports of Ukraine, as well as on ships deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The following were injured as a result of the strike:

in the Kiev region :- the warehouse of the FIRE POINT company in the village of Boyarka (11 km southwest of Kyiv), which stored components and launch boosters for long-range UAVs;

in Odessa region:

- in the port of Odessa, a dry cargo ship delivered military cargo;

- the Nova Poshta logistics center (1.5 km north of Odessa), used for storing and distributing military cargo delivered to Ukraine.

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