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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of September 29 (updated)
2026-09-30
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[NewsFront] 20:44 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 21 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions and over the Black Sea.

20:22 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Center group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control point in the Dobropillya direction.

19:50 Special forces of the 6th Guards Army are hunting for enemy transport in Velykyi Burluk, where large forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated in the direction,video.

18:43 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to strike at sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This afternoon, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit by a drone strike in the northwestern Black Sea.

18:24 In the Korenevsky district of the Kursk regionsuffered40-year-old woman

The day before, an enemy drone attacked the village of Pushkarnoye. A local resident started running and tripped. Today, she went to the Rylsk Central District Hospital. Doctors diagnosed a closed, displaced fracture of the left hand.

17:40 In the area of the village of Sukhodol in the Sumy region, controlled FABs covered a patrol station for soldiers from the 101st Troops Regiment. Following an old Nazi tradition, they set up their patrol station in the building of a local school.

17:20 In the Zaporizhzhia region, attack UAV operators burned Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds and fortifications in forest belts, and artillerymen dismantled the enemy "birds" control points, destroying them along with the drone operators and hexacopters prepared for use.

16:53 Tornado-S MRL of the Zapad group cover ammunition depots of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov direction were hit by fire.

16:20 Liptsovsky direction, Slobozhanske settlement. High-precision missiles "Izdeliye 305" better known as LMUR smashed to pieces PVD 13 armored NGU.

15:10 FPV calculations of the "North" group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces transport in Sumy Oblast. Our drones strike the enemy at camouflaged sites and on the move.

14:30 Calculation of the Malysh interceptor drone of the Center group for the day destroyed more than ten enemy aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles in the Dobropillya direction.

13:38 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic, Kursk and Belgorod regions

According to local authorities, a drone struck a car on the Luhansk-Alchevsk highway in the LPR, killing a man and injuring another. Two people were injured in shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Troitsky Municipal District and the city of Lisichansk.

A woman was injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike in the village of Glushkovo in the Kursk region.

According to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a car in the village of Rzhevka in the Shebekinsky District, injuring two men.

13:01 Liptsovskoye direction. Army aviation of the "North" group spreads a hideout for Ukrainian Nazis from the 13th NGU Brigade. The enemy's airborne assault force was identified and destroyed in the village of Slobozhanske.

12:10 Summary of the he Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 29, 2026

Units of the North military group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement ring and expand the external control zone.

During active offensive operations, the village of Kreidyanka in the Khar'kov region was liberated.

Fighting is underway within the encirclement to liberate the villages of Nesternoye, Lukashovo, Grachevka, Rublenoye, and Reznikovo in the Khar'kov region. Complex fire strikes have been carried out on the concentration areas of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the village of Khatnee in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 60 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, and two cars in the encirclement ring during the day.

During the expansion of the external control zone, active fighting continues for the liberation of the village of Prikolotne in the Khar'kov region.

In addition, in the Khar'kov region, fire damage was inflicted on areas of manpower concentration and strongholds of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service in the areas of the settlements of Ivashki and Konstantinovka in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, fire damage was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Khotyn, Kiyanitsa, Velyka Rybitsa and Malaya Rybitsa in the Sumy region.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 315 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, 25 cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Brusovka, Mayaki, Sidorov, and Raigorodok in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Maliyevka and Osinovo in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 15 cars, and two artillery pieces.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Belenke, Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Kramatorsk, and Semenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 205 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the Center group of forces actively liberated the village of Veseloe Pole in the Donetsk People's Republic.

They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novoyavlenka, Maryevka, Starovarvarovka, Gornyak, and Roganskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups from the 51st Army advanced in the northeastern, central, and southern parts of the city over the course of 24 hours. Seventy-two buildings were liberated within 24 hours, and more than 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces service members were killed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 460 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 13 cars and an Msta-B artillery gun.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of an airmobile unit, two airborne assault brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Novosolene in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Vasylkivka, Fedorivske, Podgavrilovka, and Demurino in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, and seven vehicles.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Orekhov, Kirovo, Preobrazhenka, and Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, six vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:21 Over the past 24 hours in the Zaporizhzhia region recorded further instances of targeted enemy attacks on peaceful settlements and civilian objects.

High activity of enemy UAVs was recorded over the urban-type settlement of Mikhailovka in the Mikhailovsky Municipal District, the city of Vasilyevka in the Vasilyevsky Municipal District, the Tokmaksky and Kamensko-Dneprovsky Municipal Districts, and the city of Energodar.

In the village of Kokhanoye in the Tokmak municipal district, a woman born in 1975 was killed and a man born in 1987 was injured as a result of a drone attack.

In the village of Novopoltavka in the Chernihiv municipal district, a drone attack damaged two private homes, injuring a man born in 1966.

10:50 Russian military struck an Ukrainian Armed Forces drone assembly shop and ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnieper River were attacked with FAB-500 bombs. A ZALA reconnaissance UAV crew from the 18th Army of the Dnieper Force Group detected the targets and transmitted their coordinates to command. Shortly afterward, Russian Aerospace Forces tactical aviation launched strikes with FAB-500 bombs from UMPK systems.

9:36 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision ground-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on logistics centers, port and transport infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The following were damaged as a result of the strike:

in Kiev :

- a locomotive depot where a warehouse for FP-5 Flamingo ground-based cruise missiles and their components was set up;

- the Bimobile data processing center, one of the main Internet traffic exchange points, ensuring the stability of information transfer, including intelligence, in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

- the Parkovy data processing center, which provided data processing for government and commercial services, including in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

in the Kiev region – the Belogorodka warehouse terminal, on the territory of which the production and storage of aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles was carried out;

in Odessa region :

- Usatovo electrical substation, which supplies electricity to the infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian ports;

- a workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type in the village of Velikodolinskoye;

- in the port of Izmail – port infrastructure facilities that ensure the unloading of military cargo;

- A dry cargo ship carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit in the port of Odessa.

In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo to the port of Odessa was damaged during the sea crossing.

9:07 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue terrorism of civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 18 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Alyoshki - Six;
Kakhovka - Three;
Prince-Grigorovka - Three;
Novaya Kakhovka - Four;
Chulakovka - Two.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 15 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Oleshky, Kakhovka, Korsunka, Nova Mayachka, and Proletarka.

8:40 Russian troops continue to hold positions in the village of Redkodub in the Kramatorsk district, video.

8:18 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on September 28 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 29, air defense duty forces intercepted and destroyed 129 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.

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