Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] A third of the Russian invaders' attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovsk sector. There, Ukrainian Armed Forces units are fighting in the vicinity of 17 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 132 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The vast majority of these occurred in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in its operational summary as of 4:00 PM on Thursday, October 9.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our soldiers repelled two enemy attacks. Another battle continues.
In the South Slobodskoy direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Stroyevka, Zapadnoye, Dolgenkoye and in the direction of Dvurechanskoye, Kolodeznoye and Bologovka.
In the Kupyansk direction, four enemy attacks were repelled near Stepnaya Novoselovka, Kupyansk, and Ivanovka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Limansky direction, the invaders carried out nine assaults in the areas of the settlements of Pervomayskoye, Karpovka, Kolodezi, Novoselovka, and in the direction of Stavki. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, Russian units have attempted to advance eight times in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka, Novoselovka, Vyemka, and Pereyezdnoye. One clash is currently ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out offensive operations twice in the area of Chasovy Yar and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
In the Konstantinovsky direction, the enemy attempted 10 times to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the areas of Belaya Gora, Shcherbinovka, Rusiny Yar, Poltavka and in the direction of Pleshchyivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian occupiers launched 43 assaults, attempting to dislodge our troops from their positions near the settlements of Vladimirovka, Novotoretskoye, Nikanorovka, Rodinskoye, Sukhetskoye, Novoekonomicheskoye, Mirolyubovka, Novosergeevka, Promen, Lisovka, Pokrovsk, Zvirovo, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka, Gorikhovoye, and Filiya. Defense forces have already repelled 35 attacks.
In the Aleksandrovsk direction, our defenders have stopped four attacks, and seven more clashes are ongoing. The enemy is attempting to advance in the areas of the villages of Maliyevka, Komyshuvakha, and Olgovka, and in the direction of Filiya and Novoivanovka.
In the Orekhovsky direction, three attacks by the occupiers were stopped in the Stepnoye area and in the direction of Novoandrievka.
Three unsuccessful attempts to storm Ukrainian Armed Forces positions were recorded in the Dnieper direction .
As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of September 8. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.2 million.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces demonstrated the destruction of a rare electronic warfare station.
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[NewsFront] 21:08 Attack drone crews of the Northern Forces Group destroyed a tank, a pickup truck, an ammunition depot, and a shelter housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Sumy Oblast.
UAV operators from the Volki volunteer brigade of the Yuzhnaya force group destroyed a dugout containing enemy personnel.
Reconnaissance troops from the 27th Artillery Regiment of the Southern Group of Forces struck an enemy T-80BV tank in the village of Konstantinovka. The successful attack caused the tank to catch fire, detonating its ammunition.
Drone operators from the Vostok group of forces burned two enemy tanks near the village of Novoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone operators from the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Assault Unit of the Dnipro Forces Group destroyed a Kirpi vehicle carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces officers and mercenaries in the Zaporizhzhia region.
20:16 The Russian Armed Forces drove the enemy out of Vladimirovka on the Dobropolsky salient, MAP
19:50 Tor-M2 air defense missile system crew of the Center force group shot down Switchblade 600 loitering munition during the defense of troop positions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
17:53 The Russian army is expanding its control in Kupyansk,MAP.
17:04 Crew of the 152mm 1S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer caught rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kiv direction.
16:49 Dobropolye salient. Assault groups have taken up new positions southeast of Zolotoy Kolodez, MAP.
15:51 A 122mm D-30 gun crew from the Vostok group destroyed jamming stations and electronic warfare systems in the Dnepropetrovsk direction.
13:19 Special forces soldiers of the West group of forces destroyed enemy UAV "Baba Yaga" in the Svatovsko-Kupyansk direction of the North Military District.
12:18 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 9, 2025
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Korchakovka, Alekseyevka, Yastrebine, and Kondratovka in the Sumy region.
💥In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Obukhovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 service members. Four armored combat vehicles, eight cars, seven artillery pieces, and seven ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Petrovka, Kurilovka, and Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, and Stary Karavan, Svyatogorsk, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 230 troops and six armored combat vehicles, including three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers. Eighteen vehicles, two artillery pieces, seven electronic warfare stations, and seven ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Units of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Druzhkovka, Privolye, Kramatorsk, Seversk, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 125 troops, a German-made Leopard tank, and three armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV and a Canadian-made Senator. Twenty-one vehicles, three artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" force group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airborne brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and a Jaeger brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Belitskoye, Shevchenko, Rubezhnoye, Grishino, Sergeyevka, Annovka, and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 520 servicemen, two Cossack combat armored vehicles, two cars, and four artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Novomykolaivka, Verbove, and Sosnovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Malinovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 325 servicemen, two tanks, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, two guns and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Tyahynka in the Kherson region.
More than 55 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles and five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
12:02 UAV unit servicemen completed covering the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
11:08 FAB-3000 on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' underground air defense system at Kupyansk TN. Strike on an underground location for Ukrainian Armed Forces militants,video.
10:37 Tankers of the Center group of forces destroyed a camouflaged stronghold and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Adjustment of the control zone in the area of the "Dobropolsky salient" in favor of our Novogrigorovka was liberated
Russian Armed Forces entered the Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya 1 mine.
Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Zolotoy Kolodez.
Southern part of Molodetskoye and nearby plantings are occupied
Area south of the Kleban-Bykskoye Reservoir has been cleared
Adjustment of the control zone in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge in favor of our
Expansion of the control zone southeast of Mirnohrad
Filiya settlement liberated, advance north of Filiya
Advance in Kupyansk
07:18 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Nine over the Volgograd region,
Three over the Bryansk region,
Three over the Kursk region,
One over the Belgorod region,
One over the Voronezh region,
One over the Oryol region, and
One over the Saratov region.
06:02 FPV crews destroyed a vessel carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces landing troops that attempted to land, video.
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