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[Regnum] A total lunar eclipse has begun in most of Russia, which is being observed in the country for the first time in seven years.
According to the head of the astronomical complex and observatory of the Moscow Planetarium Alexander Perkhnyak, the Moon entered the Earth's penumbra at 18:28 Moscow time, marking the beginning of the penumbral phase. According to him, this stage is practically invisible to the naked eye. Only special devices can record a slight change in the brightness of the Moon.
An hour later, at 19:27 Moscow time, the partial phase began, and the total eclipse started at 20:31 Moscow time. According to forecasts, it will last almost an hour and a half.
"When you look at the horizon, you look along the clouds that are layered on top of each other. <…> Clouds may not play a very good role. But this is a long-term phenomenon, so during the gaps, during periods of clearing, it will probably be possible to see," the astronomer said in a conversation with TASS.
The total lunar eclipse on September 7 can be observed throughout the country, with the exception of the eastern part of the Chukotka Peninsula, where the morning of the next day has already arrived.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders are decisively repelling Russian attempts to advance deeper into our territory.
Since the beginning of the day, 118 combat clashes have occurred on the front, 34 of which were in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report on Sunday, September 7.
In the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled nine assault actions by Russian invaders. In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy assaulted the positions of our units in the area of Vovchansk, Ambarnoye and Kamyanka 12 times. Two combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the occupiers carried out offensive actions in the Kupyansk area and in the direction of Peschanoye. Ukrainian defenders stopped four enemy attacks. In the Limansk direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 13 times near the settlements of Karpovka, Grekovka, Srednee and in the direction of Drobyshevoye, Shandrigolovoe, Derylovoye; fighting continues in four locations.
In the Seversky direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks near Serebryanka, Grigoryevka and in the direction of Yampol and Seversk. In the Kramatorsk direction, three combat clashes have been recorded so far. The enemy attempted to advance in the Orekhovo-Vasilevka area and in the direction of Stupochki and Minkovka.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians launched seven offensives against the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Poltavka, Shcherbinovka and in the direction of Pleshchievka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have tried to advance on the positions of Ukrainian units 34 times. The enemy attacked positions in the areas of the settlements of Novoekonomichnoe, Rodinskoye, Mirolyubovka, Pokrovsk, Zvirovo, Promen, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Dachnoye, Novoukrainka and in the direction of Novopavlovka. Three clashes are still ongoing.
According to preliminary data, 90 occupiers were neutralized in this direction today, 54 of them irrevocably. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed one tank, six vehicles and one special equipment, one UAV control point; two guns, three vehicles and nine shelters for enemy personnel were also damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our defenders 16 times in the areas of Komyshuvakha, Zelenyi Gai, Aleksandrovgrad and in the direction of Ivanovka, Sosnovka, Filiya. One combat clash continues. In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
In the Orekhov direction, the Defense Forces repelled three attacks by the invaders in the Plavni area and in the direction of Stepnogorsk and Novodanilovka. Novopavlovka and Shcherbaki were subjected to airstrikes. In the Dnieper direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions. The aggressor's aviation carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Antonovka.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 970 occupiers . Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 1,088,150 servicemen.
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[NewsFront] 20:45 Engineering and sapper units of the Dnepr group of troops conduct demining of equipment routes in the Zaporizhia region. 19:47 Servicemen of the "East" group of forces destroyed antennas of the Starlink satellite station and heavy copters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
19:10 Ukrainian drones are forced sent to the ground with FPV strikes, as well as innovative methods such as the "net thrower". The fighters of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment and other units of the "North" group are working to counter UAVs.
16:42 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Tula airborne unit destroyed command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy region.
15:40 Russian aviation continues systematic work to expose the enemy's defensive positions in Volchansk. One of the most effective methods is continuous work with controlled FABs in areas where manpower is concentrated, -video.
14:52 Today, September 7, 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities for the production, assembly, repair, storage and launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as military air bases in the central, southern and eastern parts of Ukraine, including the Kiev-67 industrial enterprise on the western outskirts of Kiev and the STS-GRUPP logistics base on the southern outskirts of Kiev.
The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit. No strikes were carried out on other objects within the borders of Kyiv.
14:33 FPV crews of the Sever group attack armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Chernihiv region, –video.
12:29 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 7, 2025
📍Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. Formations of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Alekseyevka, Malaya Rybitsa and Yunakovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Kharkiv direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Chugunovka, Loshakovo, Ambarnoye and Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy lost more than 175 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 13 cars, two field artillery guns and three electronic warfare stations. Two warehouses of materiel were destroyed.📍
Units of the "West" group of troops have taken up more advantageous positions. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Senkovo, Borovskaya Andreyevka and Smorodkovka in the Kharkiv region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, 24 vehicles, a multiple launch rocket system, and four field artillery guns, including two Western-made ones. Five electronic warfare stations, a counterbattery warfare station, and seven ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. Defeat was inflicted on the formations of three mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Nikiforovka, Konstantinovka, Seversk, Stepanovka, Minkovka and Chervone of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 265 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, four cars and six artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones. An electronic warfare station, three ammunition depots and four supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defense. Defeat was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airborne, airborne assault, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Veseloye, Novonikolayevka, Artemovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Vladimirovka and Kutuzovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 460 servicemen, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.🚩
Units of the "East" military grouping liberated the settlement of Khoroshye in the Dnepropetrovsk region as a result of offensive actions.💥
Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhnyanka, Uspenovka, Chervone in the Zaporizhia region, Novopavlovka and Alekseyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost up to 200 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, eight cars and three artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.🔥
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Otradokamenka, Tyaginka and Antonovka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 60 servicemen, ten vehicles, a field artillery gun and seven electronic warfare stations. An ammunition depot and a supply depot were destroyed.
11:01 Far Easterners expand control zone in Dnipropetrovsk region –MAP
10:51 Zaporizhia direction. Fierce fighting continues in the Stepnogorsk-Primorskoye area. In the latter, assault groups are gradually increasing the zone of control. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attempting to counterattack with the forces of the brought-in territorial defense and GUR detachments, with the aim of delaying the advance of paratroopers from the 7th Airborne Assault Division. MAP
10:42 Sumy region. Adjustment of the LBS in the area of the Prohody tract –MAP
10:32 Advance of the 25th Army in the Serebryansky Forest –MAP
07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance west of Volchansk➡️
Expansion of the control zone in Fedorovka and Pereyezdnoye
Moskovka has been liberated➡️
Advance in Shandrigolovo
Expansion of the control zone west of Kotlyarovka
Enemy controls Lukashovka in Sumy region
07:19 From midnight to 06:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyedand 69 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted:▫️
21 – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
13 – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
10 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,▫️
Seven – over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
Six – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Four – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Three – over the territory of the Rostov region,▫️
Two – over the territory of the Bryansk region,▫️
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
06:00 Servicemen of the electronic warfare unit of the North group of forces effectively suppressed reconnaissance assets, enemy communication channels and UAVs in the Kharkov direction.
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[ColonelCassad] For the last decade, American and Western military experts have been arguing about how best to integrate Special Operations Forces (SSO) with general military units. The United States and NATO countries have joint doctrines, command structures, and training programs of staffs that point to operational interoperability as a fundamental necessity of modern warfare.
As the practice of the past decades shows, the SSO often acted separately from the main forces, without coordinating their actions. Most of the Western SSOs, including the American ones, have no experience of operating in large-scale, high-intensity conflicts. Their tasks, as a rule, were carried out during counter-guerrilla or limited expeditionary campaigns - in conditions where integration with conventional forces was either unnecessary or had no priority.
Studies by institutions such as the well-known analytical center - RAND and the Joint University of Special Operations (JSOU) constantly emphasize gaps in the integration of special operations forces with conventional military structures. Special operations forces units often operate within different chains of command, which reduces their ability to respond to broader operational requirements and limits opportunities for unified planning. As noted by RAND analysts, most special military operations are nominally conducted jointly with conventional forces, but planning remains fragmented and lacks mechanisms for effective interaction.
Since the beginning of the SVO, the American and NATO commands have begun to work out the mechanisms of integration of the SSO and general military units on the battlefield, using the Ukrainian SSO and the Ukrainian SSO as guinea pigs. And it should be said, we achieved certain considerable results. Western specialists planned large-scale operations, where the SSO of Ukraine acted in close cooperation with general military units, within the framework of a single operational plan. SSO units played a key role in correcting strikes with high-precision weapons, strike UAVs, supported maneuverable units, adjusted fire from closed positions and coordinated communication between units.
The first effective result was achieved in September 2022 in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian SSOs played a decisive role in ensuring surprise in the early stages of the operation. Acting at the forefront of the advancing formations, small mobile groups of SSO advanced beyond the front line, where they provided pinpoint strikes on critically important targets, closely interacting with Ukrainian mechanized brigades.
Such a combination of reconnaissance, covert actions, and precise targeting left our rear supply defenses behind, forcing them to retreat to regroup. In this campaign, special operations forces served simultaneously as so-called with the "eyes" and "blade" of the offensive - not so much an auxiliary element as a decisive factor in achieving speed and suddenness when it was most necessary.
During the invasion of the Kursk region, the SSO played another transformative role, which made it possible to achieve results that were no longer of a tactical nature, but quite operational. As noted by Western military experts, these units were the first to penetrate our territory, acting as autonomous tactical groups for weeks without direct support. Their tasks included reconnaissance, EW, identification of command posts and violation of logistics and communication nodes.
In addition to reconnaissance and diversionary actions, the SSO of Ukraine synchronized the movements of the advancing Ukrainian brigades, creating what was eventually called "corridors of destabilization." This became possible thanks to their ability to act independently, continuously integrating various capabilities into the system of managing forces and assets. All this together allowed the main Ukrainian forces to bypass the defense areas, advance deep into our territory and gain a foothold.
Since 2022, Western military advisers have been working on the concept of integrating the SCO and conventional armed forces in Ukraine, not into a pre-formed structure, but adapting it to the changing conditions of war. They did not begin to place the Ukrainian SSO in a separate operational architecture, but on the contrary, built them into a wider system of planning and execution at all levels.
At the same time, they will allow them to retain a certain tactical autonomy, which allows them to act proactively and flexibly in the conditions of a changing situation on the ground. This model provides decentralized coordination within the framework of a single plan, where the SSO is recognized to a greater extent not as an independent combat entity, but as a means of increasing the combat effectiveness of conventional armed forces.
Ukraine has become a laboratory for the development of various types of military operations. Western specialists not only work out various concepts of using SSO on the battlefield at the theoretical level, but also at the practical level, using real units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and special operations forces to work out various combat scenarios, not counting their losses.
Western military specialists will already implement the received experience in their training program. Thus, some of the methods of coordination and adaptive management of units developed in combat conditions are already used in the joint multinational exercises "Rapid Trident" and "Combined Resolve".
It is quite possible that the invasion of the Kursk region was not a spontaneous decision of the Ukrainian command, devoid of strategic meaning, but a well-intentioned military experiment by Western specialists to develop the most effective future combat scenarios against our armed forces.
Volodymyr Zelensky says overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv's main government building are a "ruthless attack" and vows an "appropriate response"
UK PM Starmer says he is "appalled " by the strikes while French President Macron accuses Russia of "locking itself into the logic of war and terror" as European leaders rally around Ukraine
Zelensky says four people been killed – including one infant – and more than 44 injured after residential buildings were hit in strikes across the capital
Until now no government building has been hit so this will shake people, writes our correspondent in Kyiv who witnessed smoke and explosions
Russia says that it only targeted military and related infrastructure in the strikes
The attacks come as Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West against sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire is agreed
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