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2026-09-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line as of September 24 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:33 During the day, from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.

19:51 RF Armed Forces released Buzovo settlement in Khar'kov Oblast

19:34 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on the Belgorod region

Two people, including a child, were injured. An 8-year-old boy was injured when an FPV drone struck an apartment building in Shebekino.

18:31 RF Armed Forces inflicted strikes on logistics and warehouse terminals used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and on ships involved in delivering military supplies to Ukraine

As a result of strikes in the Odessa region, the following were damaged:

A logistics center in Odessa that stores and distributes military cargo arriving in Ukraine from European countries;

Warehouse of unmanned aerial vehicles in the village of Novi Belyary, Odessa region;

A dry cargo ship that delivered military equipment to the port of Odessa to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

17:25 In the Kramatorsk direction of the Russian Armed Forces advanced near the village of Fedorovka

17:06 Ukrainian UAVs in the LPR in 24 hours killed three civilians were killed and three others were wounded

In the Novopskov municipal district, a drone attacked a public utility facility, killing an electrician.

In Rubizhne, a Ukrainian drone struck a car, killing two men and injuring another woman.

In Lisichansk, neo-Nazis attacked a truck crane, injuring two men.

16:25 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Belgorod region, two people were injured, including a child

A drone detonated on the road in Shebekino. A man with shrapnel wounds to his elbow and abdomen was treated at the city's Central District Hospital.

In the village of Malomykhaylovka, a 14-year-old boy suffered a shrapnel wound to his shoulder when an FPV drone detonated. An ambulance crew is transporting him to the regional children's clinical hospital.

15:24 In two days, the Russian Armed Forces attacked nine Ukrainian Internet providers at once

Media reports indicate that continued attacks on telecommunications infrastructure could lead to internet outages and higher tariffs for a large portion of the population.

MP Oleksandr Fedienko advised Ukrainians to connect to multiple operators simultaneously to maintain a backup communications channel.

14:56 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 24, 2026

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the Special Military Operation.

Units of the "North" force group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement and expand the external control zone. As a result of active operations, the settlements of Buzovo and Khyzhnyakovo in the Khar'kov region have been taken under control within the encirclement, and fighting continues to liberate the settlements of Rublenoe and Khripuny in the Khar'kov region. Enemy forces have been defeated near the settlements of Varvarovka and Dolgenkoe in the Khar'kov region.

The losses of the blocked Ukrainian Armed Forces units in one day amounted to more than 40 servicemen and two combat armored vehicles.

Fighting continues to expand the external control zone and liberate the villages of Petrovpavlivka, Prykolotne, and Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region. Furthermore, in the Khar'kov region, the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades were damaged near the villages of Pitomnik, Izbitske, Berezhne, and Velykyi Burluk in the Khar'kov region. In the Sumy region, the personnel and equipment of an airmobile, mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged near the villages of Doroshovka, Grunovka, Ivolzhanske, and Stepok 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 225 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a self-propelled artillery unit, and 30 vehicles.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Grushevka and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Rubtsy and Mayaki in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 16 cars, and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Novoselivka, Belenkoye, Druzhkovka, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 175 servicemen, two tanks, including a German-made Leopard, two Cossack armored combat vehicles, and 23 vehicles.

Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the villages of Mezhevaya and Fedorivske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Blagodat, Gornyak, Belozerske, Aleksandrovka, and Andriivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. Near the village of Dobropillya, units of the 51st Army, as a result of offensive actions, expanded the outer encirclement and liberated the village of Dobropillya (maloe) in the Donetsk People's Republic. Further attempts by units of the enemy's 4th and 15th National Guard Brigades to break out of the encirclement in the direction of Svyatogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled. Over the course of 24 hours, more than 45 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 152 buildings were cleared.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 375 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, seven cars, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group continued their advance into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Svetlaya Dolyna in the Zaporizhzhia region. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized infantry unit, two airborne assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Pokrovskoe and Yablonovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Volodymyrivka, Sofiyivka, and Tarasivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 240 servicemen, five vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Orekhov and Kushugum in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

14:04 Russian Armed Forces destroyed factory of the Ukrainian jewelry brand Dukachi

13:37 The main production and logistics warehouse of the company "TK-Home Textiles" destroyed after the attacks on Kyiv

12:49 Black Sea Fleet destroyed an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea

12:37 Russian Armed Forces released the village of Dobropolye in the DPR, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

The villages of Buzovo and Khizhnyakovo in the Khar'kov region have also been taken under control. Svitlaya Dolina in the Zaporizhia region has also been liberated.

12:07 Russian Armed Forces inflicted strikes on targets in the Odessa and Khar'kov regions

11:40 In the forest area near the village of Bitsytsia, Sumy region, the enemy equipped a camouflaged missile munitions depot. The coordinates were obtained by Severyan reconnaissance aircraft, after which an FPV crew from the 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade penetrated through a breach and exploded directly on the MLRS shells.

08:43 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on September 23 to 8:00 Moscow time on September 24, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Tver, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Crimea.

08:08 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as a result of a massive strike with high-precision weapons of ground and air based, unmanned aerial vehicles struck enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, telecommunications and logistics centers in Kyiv and the Odessa region, as well as sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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