[NewsFront] 20:14 During the day, in the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 123 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Oryol, Tyumen, Smolensk regions, Perm Krai, Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
20:03 Anti-aircraft gunners of the 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group cover up positions of our troops and logistics routes from enemy UAV strikes in the Dobropillya direction.
18:04 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to apply strikes against sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Today, a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo for Ukrainian Armed Forces units was hit by a drone strike in the Black Sea.
15:44 Drone operators of the "Yuzhnaya" group burned a drone control center and a shelter housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the outskirts of Druzhkovka.
14:59 Veliko Burlukskoe direction
UAV operators from the 4th Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Strategic Missile Forces are sharing more footage of combat operations.
During aerial reconnaissance, the front-line soldiers discovered several enemy reconnaissance UAVs, as well as a strike UAV, after which they engaged the identified targets with fire.
12:15 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of September 30, 2026)
Units of the North group of forces are tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the northeast of the Khar'kov region and expanding the external control zone.
During decisive offensive operations in the encirclement ring, the village of Shabelnoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
Fighting is underway for the settlements of Grachevka, Nesternoye, Rublenoe, and Reznikovo in the Khar'kov region. Additionally, enemy forces are being destroyed near the settlements of Nefedovka, Nikolaevka, and Khatnee in the Khar'kov region.
Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 30 servicemen in the encirclement ring.
As the external control zone expands, fighting continues for the liberation of the village of Prikolotne in the Khar'kov region.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the unmanned systems regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, territorial defense brigades, and the National Guard were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Dergachi and Zarozhne in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, as a result of active offensive operations, the village of Tolstodubovo was liberated.
Fire damage was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Turya, Rivne, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Vakalovshchina and Khoten in the Sumy region.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 340 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles and 25 cars.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Grushevka, Berezovka, Osinovo, and Izyumskoye in the Khar'kov region, and Vovchiy Yar, Prishib, and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 200 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, three field artillery pieces, and an Anklav electronic warfare station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two naval infantry brigades near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Semenovka, Nikolaevka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, and Vysokoivanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 195 servicemen, a Canadian-made Senator armored fighting vehicle, 20 vehicles and an artillery piece.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Chuhuyevo in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Belozerske, Starorayske, Lidino, and Roganske in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army continued offensive operations in the northeastern, central, and southern parts of the city. Within 24 hours, 164 buildings were liberated, and up to 35 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were killed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 455 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Yegorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Nikolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, Chaplino, Malinovka, Demurino and Kolomiytsy in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 280 servicemen and four vehicles.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Yulievka in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 35 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen and seven vehicles were destroyed.
10:41 UAV crews of the Southern group of forces destroyed 122mm howitzer D-30 and 105mm howitzer M-101 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:35 Aerospace Forces crews using multi-purpose guided missiles and FAB-1500 high-explosive aerial bombsamazedUAV control center and temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
09:37 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike using ground-based precision weapons and attack drones against a communications center in Kyiv, facilities of the Ukrainian energy system in the Kyiv region that support military production, and the infrastructure of the port of Izmail.
Affected:
in Kyiv – the De Novo data processing center, which is one of the main Internet traffic exchange points, providing processing, storage and transmission of information in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
in the Kyiv region:
Kyiv electrical substation (Nalivaikovka settlement), which ensures the flow of electricity and its distribution for military-industrial complex facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region;
Kyiv hydroelectric power station (Vyshgorod settlement), which supplies military industrial facilities in the northern part of the Kyiv region;
the Trypilska thermal power plant, which supplies electricity to military industrial facilities in the southern part of the Kyiv region;
a battery energy storage park in the village of Gorenichi, used to accumulate electricity for the uninterrupted operation of military facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region;
In the Odessa region – an industrial production complex in the port of Izmail, which provided for the reception, storage and
transportation of military cargo and fuel for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, a dry cargo ship was hit while transiting by sea in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the port of Odessa.
08:26 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on September 29 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 30, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 384 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kostroma, Kursk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai and over the Black Sea.
08:18 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by ground-based precision weapons and long-range attack drones, which resulted in the destruction of a communications center in Kyiv, facilities of the Ukrainian energy system in the Kyiv region that support military production, and the infrastructure of the port of Izmail.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Settlement of Kreydyanka was liberated (+4.7 km2)
Vesyoloye Pole settlement was liberated (+10.2 km2)
Advance in the area of the settlement of Tur'ya (+2.9 km2)
Eenemy controls Novomikhaylovka (-5.2 km2)