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[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:
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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[Korrespondent] 21.59 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Sunday. The parties agreed to hold a meeting in New York. The head of state reported this on Facebook.
"Just spoke with President Trump. An important conversation, and we managed to discuss many things. We agreed on a meeting in New York, and this meeting can change a lot. There is a diplomatic dynamic," he said.
18.59 In Kherson, Russian troops attacked a minibus with an FPV drone. This was reported by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
A 37-year-old man was injured in the attack. He was diagnosed with blast trauma, closed head injury, acubarotrauma, and acute stress reaction.
16.12 Russian troops carried out an artillery strike on Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, in the morning. There were deaths and injuries as a result of the shelling. The city council was informed about the consequences of the attack.
As noted, at around 10:10 a.m., the Lazurny neighborhood came under fire. The Russian army fired three artillery shells at the city.
A woman born in 1956 died as a result of the attack. A man born in 1961 was also injured and is receiving necessary assistance.
15.59 A Russian drone crashed in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital, probably in a non-residential area. This was reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
"A UAV crashed in the Holosiivskyi district. Previously, in the area of non-residential buildings," the mayor noted.
15.11 On September 20, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on an evacuation point in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by Yevhen Kaplin, head of the Proliska humanitarian mission.
"Russian terrorists carried out an aerial bomb strike on an evacuation point in Kramatorsk. There was a direct hit," Kaplin noted.
Evacuees and rescue workers were currently at the scene.
14.45 Russia may gain the ability to control Shahed drones and missiles online using satellites, said Sergei "Flash" Beskrestnov, presidential adviser on defense technology development.
According to him, Russia's failed attempts to launch the Rassvet satellites into orbit should not be seen as the final failure of the project. The Russian Federation can refine the rocket engines and continue deploying the satellite constellation.
"Russia is a space power, and it is quite likely that some Angara rocket will "unexpectedly" launch half of the Rassvet satellite constellation into orbit with a single launch," Beskrestnov suggested.
The presidential advisor also warned of the consequences for Ukraine.
"This will give the enemy the ability to control the "shaheeds" and missiles online via satellites. This will be a huge problem for us. No, it's not even a problem, it will be a small catastrophe," Beskrestnov said.
13.58 In Sumy region along the Ukrainian border, Russian invaders have occupied a strip up to 4 km deep. This was reported by the spokesman for the Joint Forces Group Viktor Tregubov.
"Separately, we still have a little bit of Sumy region - this is our part of the North Slobozhansky direction. And the situation there is quite stable. There, the Russians have occupied a strip along the Ukrainian border. It is not deep, from 2 to 4 kilometers," he said.
According to Tregubov, the Russians tried to expand this strip, but they failed. "It's not possible to expand it, but it's bad that they 'drawn' such a strip right along the border," the spokesman noted.
13.40 In the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, a Russian attack on the morning of September 20 damaged a warehouse of an industrial enterprise in the town of Boyarka and a private enterprise in the village of Novoselky.
13.18 The Moscow oil refinery was hit by FP-1 drones. This was reported by the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point.
"As a result of the hits, the plant was completely shut down. All primary processing units were damaged, as well as part of the secondary processing units," the company said about the consequences of the attack, adding that the situation with gasoline at Russian gas stations will worsen.
12.45 Ukrainian Defense Forces hit a Buk-M3 air defense missile system near the settlement of Ukrainka, Zaporizhia region. A Nebo-U radar was hit near Balka, Donetsk region.
In addition, a drone production site was hit in the Seversko-Donetsk area of Luhansk region. Also, in the Donetsk region, a command and observation post was hit near the settlement of Zoryan, and an enemy drone control point was hit in the Staromykhaylivka area.
12.32 Russian military drones attacked a mobile Ukrposhta office in Sumy region. Two employees were injured as a result of the strike.
12.18 The section of the border with Romania remains the most popular with violators. In second place is the border with Moldova.
11.55 As part of the Vivaldi offensive, the settlements of Shandryholove and Derylove were liberated, and full control over Drobyshev in the Donetsk region was established.
In the first and second seasons of the Vivaldi offensive operation, the Third Army Corps and attached units returned 125 sq. km of territory to Ukrainian control, of which 50 sq. km were de-occupied.
In addition, another 800 Russian soldiers were killed. In total, the Russian losses for both seasons of Operation Vivaldi amounted to more than 3,000 personnel. The Third Army Corps continues to grind down the offensive potential of three Russian armies at once - the 20th, 25th and 1st Panzer.
11.23 This night in the Moscow region, Ukrainian soldiers struck one of the key enterprises of the Russian oil industry and a logistics facility. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Our long-range responses worked very noticeably in the Moscow region tonight. One of the key enterprises of the Russian oil industry and the aggressor's logistics facility were hit. These are billions of dollars that support the war machine. In particular, FP-1, RZ-100, MICH-2000, Palanytsia, Vendetta, Lyuty, Bars, Flamingo, Sichen, Pelican were deployed," the head of state said.
The President also noted that sanctions were also applied to an enterprise in the Voronezh region. "Moscow should not build echeloned air defense rings at the expense of other regions, but end its brutal war and choose peace. There are steps on the table for de-escalation: in energy, food security. Political will is needed," the head of state said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the damage to the Gazpromneft-Moscow Refinery in the Kapotny district of Moscow. A large-scale fire was recorded on the territory of the facility - the AVT-6 primary processing unit, a complex oil processing unit, and an isomerization unit were affected.
10.44 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the most massive drone attack on the Russian capital. According to him, since September 19, Russian air defenses have allegedly intercepted more than 1,600 drones at various borders, 450 of which were on their way to Moscow.
At the same time, Sobyanin acknowledged that several drones reached the territory of the Moscow Oil Refinery, and another hit a residential building. According to the mayor, there were no fatalities.
Sobyanin stated that the attack was allegedly aimed at disrupting the elections to the Russian State Duma.
Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported that 249 drones attacked the Moscow region during the night of September 20. Two people were killed.
According to him, the most serious consequences of the attack are in the Ramensky district. A warehouse complex caught fire in Sof'ino. On the Northern Highway, the roof of a 21-story apartment building caught fire as a result of the drones falling, and 20 cars were damaged.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that overnight alone it allegedly intercepted and destroyed 1,110 Ukrainian drones over a number of regions of Russia, occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea.
10.13 Ukrainians on social networks are massively reporting technical problems in the operation of the Reserve+ application. Due to the failure, some conscripts cannot log in to the system and access their military registration data.
Currently, many users are not seeing information in the application, and logging into the system is unstable. The Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the cause of the failure.
09.57 In Vinnytsia region, a railway infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of a Russian strike. A fire broke out. No information about casualties was received.
09.35 In the Kyiv region, the number of deaths due to Russian strikes has increased to four, including three children.
A child injured in a Russian attack in the Vyshgorod district has died in hospital. This brings the death toll in the Kyiv region to four - three children and a woman.
The most damage was in the Fastiv district. 24 objects were damaged here, including residential buildings, industrial and commercial premises, the territory of an agricultural enterprise, and 17 vehicles.
09.09 On the night of September 20, Russia attacked Ukraine with 138 Shahed attack UAVs (half of them jet), Gerber, and Parodia simulator drones.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 101 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and other types of UAVs. Hits were recorded at 17 locations, as well as the fall of downed aircraft (fragments) at five locations.
08.56 Russian troops attacked a monastery in the village of Chervony Mayak, Novoraiska community, with an FPV drone. A 71-year-old priest was killed. Four other priests, aged 51, 53, 51 and 31, were also injured. They had previously suffered mine-explosive injuries.
08.23 Over the past 24 hours, 234 combat clashes were recorded on the front. Russian troops attacked most actively in the Kostyantynivka direction, where the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 25 assaults.
08.08 In the village of Hlevakha in the Kyiv region, a mother and two three-year-old children were killed as a result of a Russian drone attack on the evening of September 19.
In the evening, three families with children were near the house. The woman took two toddlers into the house to put them to bed - at that moment an explosion occurred.
The impact killed a mother and two three-year-old children - a boy and a girl. The roof of the house and the ceiling between the floors were also damaged, and a fire broke out, which was extinguished by rescuers.
07.50 As a result of a night drone attack in Moscow, the Gazpromneft-MNPZ oil refinery, one of the largest refineries in Russia, located in the Kapotny district, caught fire. Its refining capacity is 11 million tons of oil per year. The plant supplies about 40% of Moscow's fuel market and 70% of the Moscow region's needs for gasoline and jet fuel.
In addition, the damage likely occurred in the area of the Sof'ino technopark, located near Moscow.
Ukrainian defense company Fire Point reported the damage to a warehouse complex in the Moscow region. The company said that FP-1 strike drones destroyed a warehouse complex in the Moscow region - previously, it was said to be the warehouses of the company Sovremennye Skladskie Tehnologii.
07.24 From February 24, 2022 to September 20, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,517,990 people (+1,560 per day).
04.15 Canada is discussing with the European Union the possibility of its participation in a 90 billion euro loan program for Ukraine. If Ottawa joins the initiative, Kyiv will be able to buy weapons and ammunition from Canadian companies despite the "made in Europe" requirement, and Canada will pay part of the interest on the loan.
02.50 The European Union is pressing international partners to provide Ukraine with additional funding due to growing needs amid a tense fighting situation ahead of winter, writes Bloomberg. According to Kyiv's assessment, unmet needs in 2027 could amount to at least $32 billion. Brussels is trying to attract other countries to additional funding, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland and Canada.
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[Regnum] Units of the "North" group of forces in the Kharkiv region are tightening the encirclement. This statement was made by the Russian Ministry of Defense on September 20.
The agency added that the military is also expanding the external control zone.
"Within the encirclement, enemy manpower was defeated in the areas of the settlements of Varvarovka, Grachevka, Reznikovo, Khizhnyakovo, and Khripuny, and battles are underway to liberate <...> Buzovo," the Ministry of Defense reported.
The Russian Forces Group "North" previously reported that the Russian Armed Forces had thwarted an attempt by two Ukrainian assault groups to break out of encirclement in the Kharkiv region. Russian forces continue to eliminate encircled Ukrainian units near the villages of Grachevka, Krasny Yar, and Khripuny.
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, reported at the end of August that Russian troops were continuing their offensive in all directions within the special operation zone and that the pace of this offensive was not slowing.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The 2026 State Duma Elections saw a turnout of over 56.5%. This is one of the highest turnout rates in the history of State Duma elections in the Russian Federation. Only 3,300,000 people voted electronically. The rest went to the polling stations.
In Sevastopol, turnout was over 61%. This is above the national average. This is despite the fact that there have been raids every day in recent days, including today (eight were killed).
The vote count has begun.
Judging by the initial results, my prediction was almost correct.
1. United Russia - will have over 50%.
2. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation - a confident second place, well ahead of United Russia and the third- and fourth-place finishers. Stability.
3-4. NL and LDPR (the intrigue is this: I predicted that NL would slightly overtake LDPR, but so far in the counts, LDPR is slightly ahead of NL)
5. SR - on the verge of passing the electoral threshold. The rest, as expected, did not make it.
#1
With over 1,000 drone attacks into Russia across the three days of elections - they were still able to be held. What are the chances that US elections would be disrupted if there were even 10 drone attacks?
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