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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 9 (updated)
2025-07-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:50 North group scouts discovered an enemy M-113 armored personnel carrier, in which, under cover of night, an attempt was made to covertly transport enemy manpower to the line of combat contact.

The coordinates were immediately transmitted to the UAV operators of the 83rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Leningrad Military District, who destroyed the enemy APC along with its personnel with several precise hits from their FPV drones, disrupting the enemy’s plans to transfer reinforcements to the area.

21:10 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate the crimes of Ukrainian military personnel that resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the Belgorod region and the DPR

According to reports from the executive authorities, an explosive device detonated in the village of Kolotilovsky in the Krasnoyarsk district of the Belgorod region. One person was killed and two were injured.

In the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of the detonation of a Ukrainian anti-personnel pressure mine "Lepestok" in the village of Golmovsky in the urban district of Gorlovka, two civilians were injured.

20:51 Drone drivers of the Rubicon Center struck positions, equipment, drones and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

– The FPV drone crew of the North force group destroyed a vehicle along with the enemy personnel.

19:52 Ulyanovsk airborne artillerymen destroyed enemy UAV control point on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

A crew of a 152mm towed howitzer "Msta-B" of the 90th Guards Tank Division of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction -VIDEO

18:44 Artillerymen of the "Vostok" group struck enemy UAV control points in the Zaporizhzhya direction.

Destroyed:

Enemy UAV control points,

Temporary deployment point for the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

Radio control antennas, repeaters and the Starlink station.

16:50 FPV drone operators of the "East" group of forces inflicted precise strikes on enemy positions in the area of ​​the settlement of Karl Marx in the DPR.

The drone crews of the Southern group destroyed the position of the AGS and the shelter with enemy manpower in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.

UAV operators of the Vostok group destroyed a Ukrainian tank near the settlement of Kamyshevakha in the DPR – MAP

16:30 Military investigators are working with those injured during the attack by Ukrainian militants on Kursk.

16:10 Several assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to advance north from the Kryga River, in the direction of Konstantinovka, and take up positions in the forest belt.

According to the concentration of enemy manpower worked our aviation, and objective control of fire damage was carried out by motorized riflemen.

15:35 RF Armed Forces destroyed an enemy crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces patrolling ammunition and weapons in the Volchansk direction.

15:05 FSB detained teenagers who carried out sabotage on the railway on orders from Ukrainian special services

-Four minors have been detained for setting fire to railway infrastructure in the Orenburg Region and Udmurtia, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.

-Three residents of Orenburg have already been charged with a terrorist act committed by a group of persons by prior agreement.

- According to the investigation, the teenagers acted for money, carrying out tasks received from the Ukrainian special services.

14:29 Around 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

13:41 The Russian army liberated Zelenaya Dolina in the Krasnolimansk direction –MAP

13:10 Around 11:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

12:28 From 8.50 Moscow time to 10.40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

12:17 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 9, 2025

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range air-launched precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles, against the infrastructure of military airfields. The strike's objective was achieved. All designated targets were hit.

Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, ranger, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments and a battalion of unmanned systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Ryzhevka, Kondratovka, Varachino, Yablonovka, Yunakovka, Pisarevka, Sadki and Novaya Sich in the Sumy region.

💥In the Khar'kov direction, units of the tank and airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Olkhovatka, Khatneye and Melove in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 170 servicemen. Nine vehicles, two field artillery guns and a warehouse of supplies were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved the position along the front line, defeated formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region, Kolodezi, Yatskovka and Zelenaya Dolina in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, 18 vehicles and a Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Krab". Three electronic warfare stations, an air target detection radar station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.📍

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile, mountain assault, artillery brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the special forces brigade "Azov" in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka, Pereyezdnoye, Slavyansk, Seversk, Minkovka, Serebryanka and Shcherbinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 165 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, three pickup trucks, eight field artillery pieces and two ammunition depots.

*Azov is an organization that is recognized as terrorist and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.

↗️Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of six mechanized, two airborne assault, a ranger, an airborne brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoarmeysk, Rodinskoye, Dimitrov, Muravka, Udachnoye, Petrovskoye, Grodovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopodgorodnoye and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 440 servicemen, six vehicles and three artillery pieces.

As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the "East" military group, the settlement of Tolstoy in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.

💥The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a regiment of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and four territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the populated areas of Kamyshevakha, Volnoye Pole, Voskresenka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Temirovka, Olgovskoye, Malinovka, Poltavka of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, two tanks, an armored combat vehicle, 17 vehicles and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoe, Plavni, Orekhov, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Stepovoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Antonovka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

More than 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, six vehicles, an artillery piece, eight electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and a fuel depot were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have destroyed ammunition depots, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations and foreign mercenaries in 135 districts.

🎯Air defense systems shot down nine guided aerial bombs, four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 226 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

11:17 Servicemen of the engineering and sapper units of the "Center" group are clearing explosive objects in the territory of liberated settlements in the DPR.

10:32 Russian army advances to outskirts of Seversk –MAP

10:21 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces east of Karpovka in the Krasnolimansk direction –MAP

09:44 Servicemen of the 37th Railway Brigade of the Southern Military District, together with the logistics units of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army, organized to supply advanced units in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, using a remotely controlled railway platform.

07:35 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Adjustment of the control zone northwest of Kupyansk in favor of ours

Kamenskoye has been liberated

07:17 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 86 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

23 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
16 UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
15 UAVs – over the territory of the Tula region,
12 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
12 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region, including 2 UAVs flying to Moscow,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Smolensk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Ryazan region.

05:02 Military engineers of the North group of forces continue demining settlements in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

Posted by:badanov

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