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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Navy Begins Large-Scale Exercises in Baltic Sea
2025-05-28
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] More than 20 ships, about 25 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 3 thousand servicemen are participating in scheduled exercises in the Baltic Sea. The start of training activities was reported on May 27 by the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

“More than 20 warships, boats and support vessels are involved in the exercise, including a frigate, corvettes, small missile ships and boats, small anti-submarine ships, minesweepers and support vessels,” the statement reads.

It is also noted that up to 70 units of military and special equipment are involved in the exercises, the forces of the Northern Fleet and the aviation of the Aerospace Forces, the Moscow and Leningrad military districts are involved. At the moment, the ships have already left their bases and are prepared to carry out combat training missions in the Baltic.

It is planned that the crews will practice defense against boats, perform practical artillery fire at sea and air targets, and also solve anti-submarine tasks.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 18, the Chairman of the Marine Collegium Nikolai Patrushev announced details of the Baltic Fleet's work to ensure the safety of navigation and suppress provocations by the naval forces of unfriendly countries. He emphasized that in a difficult military-political situation, the fleet continues to strengthen its positions.

In February of this year, Estonian authorities gave the country's navy permission to use force against ships suspected of "threatening infrastructure in the Baltic Sea." In April, it was reported that Tallinn intended to consider a project to use weapons against merchant ships.

At the end of 2023, the Baltic Fleet conducted exercises with Iskander missile launches in the Kaliningrad Region. The targets simulated missile systems of a mock enemy, as well as airfields, fortified positions and command posts.

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Science & Technology
The cruiser Arkhangelsk conducted a Kalibr firing at a coastal target at a range of 600 km
2025-05-24
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] As part of planned combat training activities, the Northern Fleet's nuclear submarine cruiser Arkhangelsk successfully fired a Kalibr cruise missile at a coastal target. The launch was made from the Barents Sea at the Chizha test site in the Arkhangelsk Region. The distance to the target position was more than 600 km.



As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the missile launch was successful and confirmed all flight and technical parameters. According to objective control data, the launch was carried out in accordance with the plan and without any comments.

Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov noted the professionalism and naval training of the crew during the preparation and execution of the shooting.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, during a trip to Murmansk on March 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected the Arkhangelsk.

The Arkhangelsk submarine of Project 885M Yasen-M is the newest fourth-generation multi-purpose nuclear ship, which was accepted into the Navy on December 27, 2024.

Arkhangelsk became the fifth ship of the Yasen-M project in the fleet.

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on April 6 (updated)
2025-04-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:40 A serviceman with the call sign "Rio" is the commander of an assault squad. During the rotation, his group was discovered and attacked by enemy UAVs, but the task was completed, and the assault aircraft got out to his own.

20:54 Militants of the Kyiv regimeturned intothe temple into a combat position. Opposite the altar they set up an ammunition depot, and FPV drones were launched right from the gates.

"They had a stronghold here, they launched drones from here at both civilians and military personnel. The churches were used for the most unfavorable intention and direction," said Archpriest Alexander, rector of the Church of the Holy Archangel Michael.

While fleeing, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants stole several ancient icons, but most of the sacred objects were saved. The church relics have already been sent for restoration.

"Everything will be restored. Our Fatherland and all other regions, they are with us. And together we will work. We will defeat the enemy, and nothing will overcome us. We are strong in spirit," the rector is confident.

20:23 Naval infantry of the Northern Fleet are holding control in the island zone of the Dnieper River delta.

One of the fighters is a guard private with the call sign “Black”.

He carried out missions on the front lines of defense for more than 120 days under constant enemy fire.

19:37 Armed Forces of Ukraine leave NATO armored vehicles during a counterattack in the Kuplyansk direction. The "West" group of forces continues to push back Ukrainian troops from the Khar'kov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to prevent our forces from forming pincers around Kupyansk.

18:11 Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked eight settlements in the region

In the Shebekinsky District, in the village of Rzhevka, a drone detonated on the ground - windows were knocked out and a fence was damaged in a nearby house.

In the city of Shebekino, a drone strike knocked out windows in a private house.

Near the village of Belyanka, a drone attacked a service vehicle of an agricultural enterprise parked in a field - the car's body and wheels were damaged.

In the village of Voznesenovka, as a result of an FPV drone attack on the territory of a private house, windows were knocked out in a residential building and a summer kitchen.

In the village of Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroe, as a result of a drone attack, the glazing of a passenger car was damaged.

In the village of Berezovka in the Borisovsky district, an explosive device was dropped from a drone - the roof of a private house was broken.

In the Krasnoyarsk district, in the village of Vyazovskoy, as a result of a drone attack, windows were broken and the wall of a private house was damaged.

In the village of Gayevka in the Volokonovsky district, a drone attacked a passenger car parked on the territory of an agricultural enterprise - the vehicle's body was damaged. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties among civilians.

17:01 A UAV operator of the 14th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade of the "East" group of forces with the call sign "Barney" destroyed a shelter for Ukrainian military personnel in the South Donetsk direction, -video.

16:41 The situation in the Kherson direction is stably tense

The enemy's main focusis comingon UAVs. They are assembled in dozens of improvised workshops in Kherson itself, launched near the river and used to strike. In addition, industrial drones are used to mine the left bank.

The enemy uses anti-personnel mines camouflaged to match the terrain type. Attempts to force the Dnieper in small groups have also become more frequent. The enemy is trying to land groups on our bank from floating craft that are paired with mined backings to distract attention.

16:06 As a result of the strike by the Russian Armed Forces, damaged office of Ukrainian propagandists. There was no direct hit, the blow fell on another object, the building was damaged by the blast wave.

15:29 Russian troops, using FPV drones, destroyed two T-72 tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the villages of Verolyubovka and Konstantinopol in the Donetsk People's Republic region.

15:05 Sappers of the Dnepr group provide security of Russian units, conducting engineering reconnaissance and defusing mines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

14:00 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region.

The formations of a mechanized, tank, three airborne assault brigades and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Gornal, Guevo, and Oleshnya.

Strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Gornal, Guevo, Oleshnya, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Budivelnoye, Vladimirovka, Vodolaghi, Zhuravka, Loknya, Miropolskoye, Sadki, Shalygino, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy region.

Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 170 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 12 cars, as well as three UAV control points and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

13:48 Units of the North group of forces during offensive operations released the settlement of Basovka, Sumy region.

13:46 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of April 6, 2025

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against the central artillery base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as defense industry enterprises involved in the production of UAVs. The strike's objective was achieved. The objects were hit.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours amounted to 1,201 servicemen, 18 combat armored vehicles, 34 automobiles, 19 field artillery guns, four ammunition depots, two supply depots, seven electronic warfare stations, one tank and one repair and recovery vehicle.

The Sever group struck mechanized brigades and territorial defense in the Sumy region.

The "West" group improved its positions and attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces and border guards in the Khar'kov region and the LPR. The "South" and "Center" groups will strike several Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Vostok and Dnepr groups took advantageous positions and struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several regions of Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhia.

13:18 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against the central artillery base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as defense industry enterprises involved in the production of UAVs. The strike's objective was achieved. The objects were hit.

12:55 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched seven attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities.

In the Republic of Crimea:
- April at 06.43 a Ukrainian UAV damaged the high-voltage line Ostrovskaya - Kovylnoye of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea "Krymenergo".

In the Bryansk region:
– On April 5 at 12:52, the Khvoshchevskaya power facility (branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre – Bryanskenergo) was attacked. Household consumers in the Sevsky district were left without power supply.

– On April 5 at 14.20, a high-voltage line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre – Bryanskenergo was attacked using a strike UAV. Some household consumers in the Sevsky district were left without power supply.

– On April 5 at 14.53, a high-voltage power line of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Centre – Bryanskenergo was attacked again using a strike UAV. Due to a broken wire, some household consumers in the Suzemsky district were left without power supply.

In the Rostov region:
– On April 6 at 01:16, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV on the Rostovskaya power facility (branch of PJSC Rosseti – Rostov PMES), a high-voltage line was disconnected.

In the Voronezh region:
– On April 6 at 06:05, as a result of a UAV attack, the low-pressure overhead steel gas distribution pipeline of Gazprom Gas Distribution Voronezh OJSC was damaged.

– On April 6 at 07.43, as a result of a UAV attack, the low-pressure above-ground steel gas distribution pipeline of Gazprom Gas Distribution Voronezh OJSC was damaged.

12:34 Russian troops beat off a nighttime attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to make a breakthrough in the Demidovka area in the Belgorod region.

12:25 Russian fighters are reported to have reached the western and southern outskirts of the village of Guevo in the Kursk region. A Russian flag has been installed on the territory of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, –video.

11:29 In the Zaporizhzhya direction liquidated Sergeant Vyacheslav Kucheruk, a fighter of the Ukrainian International Legion.

10:44 Russian UAV operators of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the South group of forces discovered and destroyed an M-113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Shcherbinovka in the DPR.

10:07 Frontline report for the morning of 06.05.2025

Zaporizhzhya Front. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in several areas. In the Lobkovoe area, an attempt to counterattack the Ukrainian Armed Forces using armored vehicles was repelled. Fighting continues on the southeastern outskirts of Kamenskoye, where the Russian Armed Forces are attacking enemy positions.

Donetsk Front. Heavy fighting continues here in several directions. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Bogatyr, gradually expanding their zone of control in this area. Heavy fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Udachny. In Kotlino, the enemy attempted to counterattack, but was unsuccessful. Counter-attacks continue in the Shevchenko area.

Kursk Region. The control zone in the settlement of Guevo has been expanded, advances have been confirmed by objective control personnel. The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance toward Oleshnya, dislodging the enemy from occupied positions. Russian troops are also fighting in the Sumy Region.

Belgorod Region. No significant changes in the LBS. Heavy fighting continues in the area of ​​Dmitrovka and Popovka. All attempts to expand the bridgehead end unsuccessfully for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but despite this, the attacks continue. Also, there have been repeated reports of the accumulation of forces and resources in the enemy's rear areas.

9:03 FPV drones of the Sparta battalion of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces successfully tracked down and destroyed a Kozak armored vehicle and three vehicles of Ukrainian nationalists. Precise drone strikes caused serious damage to the enemy's logistics, depriving it of mobility and the ability to quickly supply its units.

9:54 In the Sumy direction, the operator of the FPV reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" revealed a camouflaged position of a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The coordinates were immediately transmitted for fire destruction, -video.

9:00 A criminal case on the murder of a resident of the village of Dmitryukov in the Kursk region by Ukrainian militants.

During an inspection of the residential sector of the Dmitryukov farm in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, the body of a civilian with signs of violent death was discovered in one of the houses.

The collected data indicate that this crime was committed by representatives of Ukrainian armed groups.

8:01 It is reported about the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlements of Krymskoye and Dachnoye. It is from these settlements that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Toretsk receive provisions and ammunition.

7:32 Massive strike on Kyiv hit industrial and other facilities:

– After the missile strike, fires broke out in Darnitsky, Obolonsky and Solomensky districts;
– Industrial buildings and warehouses were damaged, no casualties were reported, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports;
– 128 firefighters and 27 units of special equipment were deployed to eliminate the consequences
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7:07 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:

– Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region;
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region;
– One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.

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Europe
Why Norway is restoring its Cold War military bunkers
2025-04-06
[BBC] Norway's proximity to the USSR during the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases for planes and ships. Tensions with Russia have brought the bunkers back into focus.

Tourists in their hundreds of thousands visit northern Norway each year. But there is a secret world they never see. For hidden away in mountain caverns are jet fighters and nuclear submarines.

Norway is a land with many bunkers. At the peak of the Cold War, the sparsely populated, mountainous country had around 3,000 underground facilities where its armed forces and allies could hide and make life difficult for any invader. Dating back to when the Scandinavian country was part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall during World War Two and even earlier, their existence was barely known to the Norwegian public.

Now as a European war engulfs eastern Ukraine, Norway is reactivating two of their most iconic underground structures of the Cold War.

Close to Norway's border with Russia north of the Arctic Circle, the hangars of the Bardufoss Air Station and the naval base at Olavsvern feel like they belong in a spy film, with their rough rock walls, gleaming concrete and military equipment. Carved out of a mountain side, protected by around 900ft (275m) of tough gabbro rock, the Olasvern base is particularly evocative with its 3,000ft-long (909m) exit tunnel complete with massive blast door.

Why are these huge bunkers needed today? The Soviet Union – the reason they were built in the first place – no longer exists. Does it really make sense to pour money into such expensive structures?

Now, Bardufoss looks like it may be needed once more.

The role of the reactivated base which has had structural and equipment upgrades is to help the "resilience and survivability" of Norway's F-35s in the face of a Russian attack. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown the world how vulnerable expensive military aircraft like these $80m–$110m (£64m to £80m) F-35s can be when on the ground, particularly to attacks by "kamikaze" drones that can cost as little as $300 (£230).

Instead of placing tyres on wings or constructing hangars out of wire mesh, as the Russians have done in Ukraine, the drone threat can be limited by dispersing targets to many different locations, or, even better, by keeping the aircraft safe in hardened shelters – the hardest of which is a mountain.

All it takes is one look at the map to explain why Olavsvern naval base was built. Located close to where the Norwegian Sea meets the Barents Sea, the 400 miles (650km) or so between Norway's coastline, Bear Island and Svalbard is sometimes called "the Bear Gap" because this was, and still is, a choke point for Russian submarines and warships hearding out to the Atlantic.

The reason for the reactivation of these bases is simple: Russia.

Norway's security concerns didn't start in 2022 – when Russia invaded Ukraine – or in 2014, when it invaded Crimea, but even earlier. "In around 2006-2008, there was a confluence of things. There was a lot of investment going into Russia's Northern Fleet," says Andreas Østhagen, a senior research fellow at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, a Norwegian foundation, "along with the resumption of Russian military exercises in the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War, and Russia's growing interest in the exploitation of Arctic resources".

"Putin's Russia is not the Soviet Union," Østhagen adds. "But from a Norwegian security point of view there are the same issues. How do you deter Russia and, if you end up in a war, how do you fight Russia?"

The Norwegians aren't the only ones reactivating Cold War bases. The Russians have also in recent years reactivated around 50 Cold War bases of varying kinds across the Arctic. The Swedish navy has returned to its underground naval base on Muskö island, about 25 miles (40km) from Stockholm.

Other countries have gone further than simply reactivating bunkers built decades before; they are building new underground structures. China has built a massive new underground submarine base on Hainan Island in the contested South China Sea. It is also building a vast new underground command centre near the capital, Beijing. Iran has built its own underground naval base in the Persian Gulf and showed off its "underground missile city."

"The psychology of nuclear bunkers is really, really powerful," says independent cold war researcher, and military blogger known as Sir Humphrey, the blogging name of the author of the Thin Pinstriped Line blog, which studies the Cold War. "I think they are deeply rooted into our psyche and our understanding of the Cold War, particularly of a Dr Strangelove command centre with an out-of-control general sitting there."
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on April 1 (updated)
2025-04-02
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:09 Units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Boguslavsky directionimprovedtactical situation in the area of ​​the settlement Zagoruykovka

Despite the active actions of the enemy's UAVs, four strongholds were captured during the offensive operations and up to 30 enemy personnel were incapacitated.

19:31 Russian army expanded control near Panteleimonovka –MAP

19:22 The Russian army approached Katerinovka on the Oskol front –MAP

18:55 Servicemen of the "Center" group of troops describe the progress of the liberation of the settlement of Zaporozhye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

17:59 Defeat of temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drones of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Bogatyr in the Shakhtyorsk direction, – MAP.

17:41 Naval infantry of the Northern Fleet of the Dnepr group control the island zone of the Dnieper River delta in the zone of a special military operation.

Military personnel acquire skills and abilities through daily training and drills. This affects the successful completion of combat missions.

17:01 Calculation of TOS-2 "Tosochka" destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

In support of the attack aircraft's offensive actions, the servicemen launched thermobaric shells at enemy positions.

16:28 Su-35s crew covered attack aircraft, bombers and helicopters during combat duty in the border areas of the Kursk region.

16:08 Calculation of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed the control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAV on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

15:23 Slaughter near Pokrovsk: The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempt to counterattack in Shevchenko turned into a disastrous failure

– The enemy attempted to counterattack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Shevchenko area, but was stopped at the approaches to the settlement.

– After unsuccessful attacks by small groups, the remnants of the enemy forces were driven back.

– The Russian army continues to control the settlement.

14:45 Drone operators of the North group of forces destroyed combat UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, –video.

14:42 Kursk region. The Russian army is advancing towards Oleshnya, –MAP.

14:13 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Katerinovka in the Krasnolimansky sector –MAP

13:36 Liberation of the village of Razliv in the DPR by assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 430th Motorized Rifle Regiment, –video.

13:07 Assault units of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 430th Motorized Rifle Regiment supported by artillery and FPV dronesenteredand consolidated their positions in the village of Razliv in the DPR. Having liberated the village, the servicemen installed the Russian tricolor.

11:34 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have twice attacked objects of Russian energy infrastructure.

On March 31 at 10:08 in the Zaporizhia region, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV (at least 4 drops of ammunition) on a 35 kV electrical substation in Novogoryevka (Tavria-Energo State Unitary Enterprise), the power supply to household consumers in two settlements of the Tokmakovsky district was interrupted.

Also at 11:38 in the Belgorod region, as a result of a Ukrainian UAV strike on a complete transformer substation in the village of Smorodino, a 10 kV high-voltage line was disconnected, cutting off power supply to more than 1,200 household consumers in the Grayvoronsky district.

10:46 Drone operators of the 1st Guards Engineer-Sapper Brigade of the Sever group revealed and destroyed military facilities, combat equipment, weapons and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

10:11 According to the automatic area calculation on map, in March 2025, the RF Armed Forces released:

Groups of Companies "West", "East", "Center" and "Dnepr" - 172 sq. km.

Group of Companies "North" (Kursk region, Sumy region, Liptsovskoye and Volchanskoye directions) - 464 sq. km.

09:38 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade of the Vostok group, carrying out the task of liberating the settlement of Skudnoye in the DPR,ran overon an enemy mine. As a result of damage to the combat vehicle, the tank crews decided to take cover from the impact of drones and artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the nearest forest belt.

08:25 Units of the 98th Guards Airborne Division destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the Chasov Yar area in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The scouts discovered the movement of enemy equipment towards our positions, as well as the landing of Ukrainian troops in the area of ​​Chasov Yar.

Drone operators launched FPV drones from several takeoff points and destroyed the targets. As a result of the coordinated actions of the airborne units, the enemy was stopped, suffered heavy losses and retreated.

07:18 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Bryansk region.

06:29 Unmanned aerial vehicle crews of the Southern group of forces destroyed 122mm 2S1 Self-propelled gun "Gvozdika", a dugout with personnel and a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the special operation zone.

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on March 22 (updated)
2025-03-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:38 Destruction of Ukrainian Leopard 2 in the Petrushovka area of ​​Sumy region —video.

20:53 Attack on the command post of one of the Troops’ battalions in the Zaporizhia region —video.

20:27 Russian Armed Forces drone managed to set fire to Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle in Pokrovsk —video.

19:54 One VOG, and there is no more underground fuel storage facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction —video.
VOG is a 40mm grenade usually launched from a separate launcher, especially from under the barrel of an AK-74
19:26 RF Ministry of Defense:

At about 17:10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

18:44 Captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukrainetold, how he went for cigarettes and ended up on the front line

Golubnichenko Sergey Alekseevich was caught by the TCC employees on his way to work. Once at the positions, Golubnichenko and his unwitting comrades were surrounded by servicemen of the "North" group of troops. Realizing their situation, they laid down their arms and surrendered.

18:18 A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the Northern Fleet naval infantry hit an area of ​​concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment and manpower in the Kakhovka direction in the Kherson region —video.

17:20 OK footage showing Russian attack drones continuing to target the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast —video.

16:20 Ground-based kamikaze robots are destroying enemy dugouts in the Khar'kov region. Servicemen of the "West" group of troops are using TM-62 anti-tank mines as explosives —video.

15:36 In the Khar'kov direction, FPV operators of the 44th Air Defense Aviation Company "Sever" opened movement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group. Kamikaze drones were immediately sent to the Northerners' targets. The enemy personnel were destroyed.

14:28 Operators of the platoon of UAVs 429 msp, BARS "Sarmat" and 108 airborne guns destroyed Ukrainian UAV in the Zaporizhia direction.

13:48 Around 12:15 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of Kursk region.

13:08 Around 11.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

12:27 A fiber-optic drone flies to the Ukrainian MRAP Kirpi in Basovka, Sumy Oblast, and during the flight records already destroyed enemy equipment —video.

11:55 A drone on fiber optics arrives at an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast —video.

11:27 FPV drone crews of the 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Yuzhnaya group of forces carried out attacks on a mortar position and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction —video.

10:45 122mm D-30 howitzer crews from the artillery division of the Sever group destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod border area.

The fire adjustment of the 122mm howitzers is carried out by servicemen of the aerial reconnaissance unit -video.

10:21 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the special military operation for March 21, 2025

– Russian troops hit enemy targets in the Odessa region, including the buildings of the former Elektronmash plant and the Epicenter shopping center.

– Ukrainian forces blew up the Sudzha gas measuring station.

– In the Slobozhansky direction, there are clashes for Demidovka and Prilesye, the enemy is attempting to break through to populated areas.

– In the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd direction, heavy fighting is underway for Shevchenko and Kotlino, where the Russian Armed Forces are repelling enemy attacks, also trying to drive the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Lysovka.

09:33 Yesterday afternoon the Armed Forces of Ukraine released 25 rounds from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

– Novaya Kakhovka — 5;
– Aleshki — 7;
– Arkhangelskaya Sloboda — 3;
– Starya Zburyevka — 2;
– Golaya Pristan — 3;
– Kakhovka — 5.

During the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued artillery terror in the Kherson region, firing a total of 17 rounds from barrel artillery. The following were subjected to shelling: Velyka Lepetikha, Novaya Kakhovka, Vasylivka, Kozachi Lagerya, Novaya Mayachka, Sagi.

08:59 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted 19 strikes on Gornostaevsky district

"The settlements of Gornostaevka, Kairy and Zavodovka were subjected to shelling. In addition, five UAV attacks were recorded on the territory of Kairy, Zavodovka and Gornostaevka," the District Administration reported.

08:06 Russian drone destroys Ukrainian UAV operators' positions with two strikes, –video.

07:10 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 47 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were:

– 12 UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh Region;
– 11 UAVs over the Belgorod Region;
– Seven UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea;
– Six UAVs over the territory of the Rostov Region;
– Four UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd Region;
– Three UAVs over the territory of the Astrakhan Region;
– One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk Region;
– One UAV over the territory of the Kursk Region;
– One UAV over the territory of the Samara Region;
– One UAV over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Cruiser Marshal Ustinov Conducts Live-Fire Exercises in the Barents Sea
2025-03-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The missile cruiser of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy "Marshal Ustinov" conducted live-fire exercises in the Barents Sea. This was reported on March 7 by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Video is in Russian only.


"During the practical actions, the cruiser's crew worked out all types of defense of a single ship during a sea crossing, and also completed tasks to suppress the targets of a simulated enemy located on the coast," the statement said.

The department specified that the servicemen trained the ship's defense during its stay in an unprotected roadstead. As part of these exercises, the team members worked out the input to detect underwater saboteurs using a hydroacoustic station and their destruction. The military paid special attention to counteracting unmanned boats and other robotic systems of the mock enemy.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early February, a detachment of Pacific Fleet ships, consisting of the corvettes Rezkiy and Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, conducted exercises in the East China Sea. The maneuvers were conducted within the framework of the approved plan for a long-range voyage in the Asia-Pacific region. The corvettes searched for and destroyed submarines of a simulated enemy.

The Pacific Fleet press service reported on February 6 that the diesel-electric submarine Magadan had completed a deep-sea dive to a depth of 240 m in Avacha Bay off the coast of Kamchatka. The submarine's crew, having successfully completed the underwater portion of the exercise, surfaced and continued to operate as part of the fleet's combat training plan.

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The US is scared by the power of the modernized cruiser Admiral Nakhimov
2025-02-06
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[Regnum] The heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, when it returns to the Russian Navy after modernization, will become a significant symbol of the Russian Federation's power. This was stated on February 5 by the American publication The War Zone (WZ).

The authors of the material noted that many years of work on updating the ship have led to tangible results. A deep modernization has been carried out, it is planned that this will be a modern unit with a whole range of the latest weapons and systems.

The publication recalled that Admiral Nakhimov belongs to the 1144.2M Orlan project. The Russian Navy has one cruiser of this project, Pyotr Velikiy. It joined the Northern Fleet after a less extensive modernization.

The Admiral Nakhimov is planned to be equipped with 80 launchers for the Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles. The ship will be provided with S-300FM Fort systems and several Pantsir-M systems to ensure air defense. Many equipment elements are also planned to be replaced.

According to the publication, if the cruiser is equipped with weapons in accordance with plans, it will become the most powerful ship in the Russian Navy.

"But whatever the final configuration of the Admiral Nakhimov once it is back in service, this impressive warship will become a very significant symbol of Russia's naval power and could potentially serve for many years to come," the article says.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, in January, the Admiral Nakhimov underwent a physical launch of its nuclear reactor. According to sources in the military-industrial complex, the cruiser's factory sea trials are planned to begin in the summer of 2025, and it is to be handed over to the customer in 2026.

The cruiser Admiral Nakhimov was built in 1983, previously called Kalinin. It is a 1st rank ship. It has been undergoing modernization since 1999, but the actual work began only in 2013.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on February 2 (updated)
2025-02-03
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02.02.2025 to 00:00 03.02.2025.

A total of 28 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

There were reports of five civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
A total of 17 residential buildings,
Two cars,
One civil infrastructure facility.

28 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 83 units of various ammunition were fired.

23:25 Russian Army storms Andreevka on the way from Kurakhovo to Dnepropetrovsk.

20:37 Expanding control on the heights west of Makeyevka –MAP.

18:44 RF Armed Forces released Vodyanoe Btoroed.

18:32 "A large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility" in Sumy Oblast was caused with a blow by "Geraniums" at the oil depot.

18:36 Drones at work on the highway in Sudzha –VIDEO

18:25 The commander of the artillery platoon with the call sign "Maestro" spoke about the advantages of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun -Ministry of Defense

The artilleryman says that the self-propelled gun's performance allows it to overcome difficult terrain without the use of tractors or other additional means, and its high maneuverability protects the combat vehicle from enemy rounds:

“…it’s hard for the enemy to hit because it’s not practical to fire at a highly maneuverable target,” the artilleryman said.

18:22 Destruction of a mined bridge between Seversk and Serebryanka –MAP

18:18 Ukrainian T-72,destroyed in the Kursk border region.

17:48 A serviceman of the Vostok military group communicated online with his relatives living on Sakhalin Island –Ministry of Defense

Sergei arrived in the special operation zone just a few months ago. His unit is conducting intensive combat work, so it is not always possible to talk to relatives. Now, thanks to modern video communication, this is possible.

17:06 A machine gunner from the fire support company with the call sign "Cabin Boy" was in a position in a dugout when he heard the sound of explosions and a human scream outside. It turned out that enemy drones were at work. The soldier did not lose his head, because he had repeatedly practiced actions during an attack by UAVs at training grounds -Ministry of Defense

The cabin boy did everything as he had been trained to do, which allowed him to save his own life and save his wounded comrade.

17:02 Russian Army entered Serebryanoye on the left flank of the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

16:59 A strike was carried out using a heavy flamethrower system on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ air defense system in the area of the settlement of Volchansk –VIDEO

16:01 The AGS-17 "Flame" crews successfully carry out assigned combat missions in the special operation zone, providing powerful fire support to our attack aircraft on a daily basis –Ministry of Defense

Automatic loading, high rate of fire – up to 400 rounds per minute, sighting range up to 1700 meters and almost “artillery caliber” – 30mm: with the support of this weapon, even a small motorized rifle unit is capable of suppressing a superior enemy.

15:51 From 13:20 to 14:50 Moscow time, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty:

two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
one each over the territory of the Belgorod region and over the Black Sea off the coast of the Republic of Crimea –Ministry of Defense.

15:36 Artillerymen of the "West" group of forces destroyed a "roving" mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the special operation -Ministry of Defense

15:13 Armed Forces of Ukraineare leaving the village of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, located to the east of the Krasnoarmeysk-Konstantinovka highway junction, and withdraw units to Tarasovka.

14:59 FPV drones of the Rubicon center hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ communication system in the Kursk border area –Ministry of Defense

14:17 During the offensive actions, assault units of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Center Forces Group made a forced march through open mined areas to the settlement of Novovasilivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The cover groups of the assault aircraft, using strike unmanned aerial vehicles, destroyed the firing points of the Ukrainian militants, thereby supporting the offensive actions –Ministry of Defense

13:58 Russian Armed Forces storm the Toretskaya mine –MAP

13:41 Russian army storms Sribnoye in Novopavlovskoye direction –MAP

13:35 Operator of the reconnaissance UAV of the 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" discovered in the skies of the Kursk border region, the octocopter "Baba Yaga" of the Ukrainian militants and destroyed it, saving the lives of dozens of Russian soldiers.

13:35 “Russian troops continue a powerful offensive near Pokrovsk,” reports military-analytical resource Deep State:

"The Russians have not stopped their assault operations on the Pokrovsky section for a day. In recent days, Russian troops have been actively attacking Serebryanoye, south of Nadezhdinka, from the south and east on Udachnoye, from the west and east in the Kotlino area and from the southwest on Zverevo. They are partially successful, the situation is being clarified in many areas," the report says.

13:20 Russian army expands control in eastern Andreevka –MAP

12:45 Another US-made armored vehicle shot down by Russian troops was evacuated to the rear by Sakhalin tank crews. This trophy is one of the Cougar modifications, previously used to transport Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel –Ministry of Defense

Now the future fate of the next example of NATO equipment will be decided by specialists.

12:09 From 10:00 to 11:10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Kursk, Belgorod and Rostov regions –Ministry of Defense

11:10 Military engineers of the 45th Guards Separate Engineering Brigade of the West Force Group conducted training in engineering reconnaissance of the terrain in one of the rear areas of the special operation zone –Ministry of Defense

11:06 In the Kursk region, the fighters of the GV "North" managed to intercept conversation between Ukrainian soldiers from the 41st Mechanized Brigade. Radio intercepts showed that the command does not want to rotate personnel under any circumstances and forces its soldiers to remain in position until exhaustion.

10:58 In Sumy region due to arrival arose large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility.

10:31 Criminal case opened against the commander of the 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the attack on the boarding school in Sudzha, the Russian Investigative Committee reported.

According to the investigation, on February 1, Karpusha gave the order to his subordinates to launch a missile strike on the building of a boarding school located in the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region, where civilians were located.

As a result of the terrorist attack, there are dead and wounded.

09:54 Rosgvardeysky FPV calculation GV "North" set drones with fiber optics and destroyed a 122mm 2S1 artillery unit of the Ukrainian military in the area of the Kubatkin farm in the Kursk region.

09:28 RF Armed Forces committed a forced march through open mined areas to a populated area. Russian soldiers used UAVs to destroy enemy firing positions.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were unable to organize the defense of the settlement and simply fled from their positions.

08:49 Naval infantry units of the Northern Fleet of the Dnepr group of forces are improving combat training at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the special operation zone.

The servicemen hone their skills in correct movement, cover, and continuous suppressive fire. The commanders practice commanding the unit in combat. Particular attention is paid to organizing interaction between the fighters.

08:06 A Ukrainian soldier who surrendered told about the order of his command to kill all people under 40 years old in Novoselidovka in the DPR, reported local resident Liliya Khatko.

07:49 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:

+Advance in the Baranovka area

+Advance in the area of Chasov Yar

+improved positions in the Razdolnoye area

+Advance in the Guevo-Kurilovka area

07:11 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and one each over the territories of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions.Ministry of Defense

06:33 Specialists from FPV drone unitsdeliveron TM-62 "lightnings" directly to the enemy. They diluted it a little with high-precision artillery strikes and downed hexocopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

05:14 In the border area of the Kursk region, servicemen of the "North" military group delivered humanitarian aid to local residents -Ministry of Defense

The fighters provide the local population with food, hygiene products and basic necessities in those settlements where volunteers cannot reach.

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Trailer for the upcoming Russian sci-fi film 'Kraken'
2025-01-22
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The new film is by the creators of the films "T-34" and "Legend No. 17"



The letterboxd.com plot summary:

A Russian missile submarine disappears without a trace during a secret mission in the Greenland Sea. Viktor Voronin, the youngest commander of the Northern Fleet, whose older brother was in command of the missing cruiser, goes in search of him.

At the same time, due to the destruction of the polar station, a Kraken monster appears in the northern waters.

Film releases in April.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on January 15 (updated)
2025-01-16
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[NewsFront] 18:21 Calculation of the Lancet loitering munition of the North group of forces destroyed aUkrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region.

17:18 Soldiers of the 16th Special Forces Brigade destroyed enemy UAV control point and three militants in the area of the village of Dvurechnaya, Khar'kov region.

16:52 Advance of Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk. The enemy still holds the Fomikha mine waste heap and a bit of private sector near it, as well as the Toretskaya mine.

16:40 Destruction of armored personnel carrier "Bucephalus" of the 61st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using loitering munition "Lancet" in the area of the settlement of Gogolevka in the Kursk direction.

The explosion of an M-113 armored personnel carrier on a mine planted as a result of remote mining from a heavy quadcopter in the Kupyansk direction.

16:16 Servicemen of the AT-4 Fagot anti-tank missile system crew of the special forces unit of the Center group of forces stopped rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15:14 As a result of the negotiation process with the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime returned 25 Russian servicemen.

14:45 Servicemen of the motorized rifle, artillery and tank units of the "Center" group of forces continue to defeat Ukrainian militants, liberating the lands of the Donetsk People's Republic.

13:57 Destruction of transport of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a previously inaccessible fortification under the bridge in Kherson.

13:28 In the period from 09.20 to 12.40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.

12:18 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the help of UAVs and missile weapons attacked objects of military significance on the territory of Ukraine. Explosions were heard in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zhitomir, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Lviv, Poltava, Khar'kov, Khmelnytsky and Cherkasy regions.

According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, on the night of January 15, Russian Geran-2 UAVs struck targets in Brovary in the Kyiv region, Zhitomir, Kropyvnytskyi district of the Kirovohrad region, the city of Lubny in the Poltava region and Shepetivka in the Khmelnytsky region.

Subsequently, air and sea launches of Kalibr, Kh-101, Kh-55 and Kh-555 cruise missiles were recorded.

Explosions were heard in the city of Stryi in the Lviv region, Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Cherkassy, the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region, as well as at sites in the Poltava, Chernihiv, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Khar'kov and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

Coordinator of the pro-Russian underground Sergei Lebedev reported RIA Novosti reports that one of the strikes was carried out in the area of ??the Cherkasy airport, from where Ukrainian aircraft take off to strike Russian positions in the Zaporizhzhya direction.

"It is noteworthy that every other time, strikes are carried out on a small and practically unknown military facility in Sambir, Lviv Oblast. The 675th Separate Radar Company, the 703rd Engineering Regiment, the 704th Separate Regiment of the NBC protection, the warehouses of military unit A-0807, as well as the 7th Separate Regiment of Army Aviation and the Kalinov airfield, where guests from abroad often arrive, are located here," writes Telegram channel "Military Chronicle".

The Military Chronicle also notes that Su-57 fighters have begun to play one of the key roles in Russia’s missile strikes.

"While the Kalibrs and Kh-101s are meandering along routes, the fifth-generation fighters are weeding out the air defense system. As soon as the task is completed, the Kalibrs suddenly remember where they need to fly and continue to carry out the flight mission. This feature was noticed last year, but then the role of aviation was not so obvious," the channel notes.

11:22 Reconnaissance units of the Testing Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Rubicon" discovered a vehicle that was transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. The coordinates of the detected target were promptly transmitted to strike forces.

Despite counteraction from enemy electronic warfare systems, FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center destroyed a vehicle with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

10:07 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the "East" group of forces showed weapons abandoned by Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka in the DPR.

The scouts' trophies included a portable anti-tank missile launcher Javelin, an American large-caliber machine gun Browning M-2, hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers and ammunition. The Ukrainian soldiers abandoned all of this without a fight, so as not to clash with the Russian army.

9:52 Ukrainian military intelligence promised Russian servicemen $1 million for leaving their positions in Gorlovka in the DPR, counterintelligence foiled these plans, the FSB reported.

9:46 Russian army storms Uspenovka.

8:33 Crew of the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer of the Northern Fleet naval infantry destroyed enemy UAV control point on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

7:36 Changes on the map for the past 24 hours:

Terny liberated;
Positions near Kurakhovo have been improved;
Advance at Novoelizavetovka.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on January 11 (updated)
2025-01-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:26 Battle of Pokrovsk: The "Brave" continue to burn enemy equipment and infantry en masse –VIDEO

Combat work of the "Center" group of troops on January 10 to destroy military equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active offensive operations on Pokrovsky

20:10 UAV crews of the Northern Fleet naval infantry of the Dnepr Forces Group detected and destroyed a mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kakhovka direction in the Kherson region –Ministry of Defense

20:05 Storming of Kursk Pogrebki: 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade clears the village of occupiers –VIDEO

20:03 Russian Armed Forces advance near Vrem'yevka, Neskuchny, Novy Komar and Velikaya Novosyolka –MAP

19:33 The Russian Armed Forces have driven the enemy out of Novolizavetovka and are fighting for Yasenevoe –MAP

19:16 The Russian Armed Forces have completed the mop up of the village of Neskuchnoye in the Velikonovoselkovsky direction –MAP

19:08 Scouts of the Sever group destroyed another mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using FPV drones in the Khar'kov region –VIDEO

19:00 The Russian Armed Forces have driven the enemy out of Solenoe and are advancing towards the settlement of Zverevo –MAP

18:56 Two soldiers of the 82nd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Artem Golovko and Stanislav Karpunovsky, surrendered to servicemen of the Russian group of troops "North" near the settlement of Berdin in the Kursk region. They spoke about the conditions of detention in Russian captivity and addressed their relatives -Ministry of Defense.

18:33 The Russian Armed Forces have expanded the bridgehead near Dvurechnaya on the western bank of the Oskol River –MAP

18:03 UAV operators of the separate reconnaissance battalion of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed the position of a 120mm mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Dzerzhinsk, DPR –Ministry of Defense.

18:00 16th Separate Guards Order of Zhukov Spetsnaz Brigade and 752nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment – liberated the settlement of Nadiya –MAP

17:47 A large batch of prisoners from Kurakhovo –VIDEO

17:31 The Russian Armed Forces are practically knocked out Armed Forces of Ukraine from a settlement in the Kursk region.

17:08 Servicemen of the 74th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Center" group of forces spoke about the liberation of the Shevchenko settlement of the DPR -Ministry of Defense

16:53 The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a strike from a multiple rocket launcher on the village of Novye Yurkovichi in the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region, - Governor Bogomaz.

16:09 Epic destruction of a Ukrainian tank –VIDEO

FPV operator GV "Sever" sent a kamikaze drone into the turret of a Ukrainian tank. As a result of the hit, the ammunition casing caught fire.

15:46 RF Armed Forces released the settlement of Neskuchnoye was liberated near Velikaya Novosyolka (South Donetsk direction).

15:31 Putin awarded the title Hero of Russia to corporal Andrei Grigoriev from Yakutia, who defeated a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in hand-to-hand combat.

15:10 Around 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region –Ministry of Defense.

15:07 Military correspondent Kulko:

18+ Footage of our stormtroopers from the refractory plant in Chasov Yar –VIDEO

Currently, the Russian Armed Forces control approximately 20% of the plant's territory - this is the last serious defense node of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city. Without it, the enemy garrison in Chasov Yar will break up into separate pockets of resistance.

14:37 The 14th Special Forces Brigade destroys enemy tanks, supporting the offensive at Velikaya Novosyolka –VIDEO

10:52 The Typhoon assault squad destroyed the enemy’s shelter –VIDEO

10:33 The situation in the Konstantinovsky direction MAP

10:02 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar –MAP

8:49 The Russian Armed Forces launched an attack on the Martynovka military airfield in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine, reported RIA Novosti in the pro-Russian resistance.

8:02 Advance of the RF Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) and installation of the banner – four companies, three rifle battalions, 109th Motorized Rifle Regiment –MAP

7:38 Over the course of the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 85 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles –statement of Ministry of Defense.

Thirty-one UAVs were destroyed over the Black Sea, sixteen UAVs were shot down over the territories of the Voronezh Region and Krasnodar Krai, fourteen over the waters of the Sea of Azov, four over the territory of the Belgorod Region, two UAVs were intercepted over the territory of the Tambov Region, and one was shot down over the territories of the Republic of Crimea and the Kursk Region.

7:32 Changes on the map for the past 24 hours:

Advance in the area of the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass canal near Stupochki

Advbance in Toretsk

Russian Armed Forces entered the northern outskirts of Kositsa

Advance in the Ukrainka-Slavyanka area

Alexandria is liberated

Novovasilevka has been liberated

Russian Armed Forces storm Yasenevo

The Russian Armed Forces are advancing from Slavyanka towards the Yasenevo-Andereyevka highway

7:02 Changeson the map for 01/10/2025

Overall results:

+ 1.3 km²

– 0 km²

Total: 1.3 km²

6:31 Servicemen of the sniper units of the "North" group of troops covertly are being destroyed particularly important targets and enemy manpower, supporting the combat work of Russian assault, motorized rifle and tank units in the border area of the Kursk region.

Snipers work in pairs, covering each other. The servicemen pay special attention to camouflaging their position and shot. To do this, they use thermal imaging capes and closed-type muzzle brakes-compensators, which disperse the sound of the shot and dampen the flash. The shooters admit that the hardest part of the job is waiting, when the target has to wait for several hours or even days.

During the SVO, snipers have repeatedly proven their versatility: they can work as free hunters, scouts or spotters, and they are even capable of stopping the advance of enemy armored vehicles and manpower.

5:37 Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in Poltava region hit.

5:01 In the special operation zone, servicemen of the West military group are activelyapplyvarious reconnaissance and attack drones.

The crews of the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles conduct aerial reconnaissance, identify targets and adjust air strikes and artillery fire, and also record fire damage to enemy objects, manpower and equipment.

This time, reconnaissance drone operators spotted a camouflaged Italian-made Melara Mod 56 105mm howitzer.

Using the Lancet automatic target acquisition system, under the influence of electronic warfare, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' gun was hit. Zala UAV operators confirmed the destruction of the target.

3:50 Explosions thundered in Poltava and Kirovograd regions.

3:33 A strike was carried out on targets in Krivoy Rog.

2:52 Targets hit in Krivoy Rog.

2:51 Explosions thundered again in Zolotonosha, Cherkasy region.

2:28 Explosions rocked Kyiv, Geraniums hit targets in the city.

2:17 Targets in Bucha, Kyiv region, were hit.

2:15 Explosions thundered in Voznesensk, Nikolaev region.

2:13 Air raid siren has been declared in Kyiv and nine regions of Ukraine.

2:03 Targets in the suburbs of Khar'kov were hit.

2:00 Strikes were carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in the Pavlograd area of Dnipropetrovsk region.

1:49 Targets hit in Kremenchug, Poltava region.

1:42 New explosions thundered in Zolotonosha.

1:33 Russian Armed Forces hit targets in Zolotonosha, Cherkasy region.

1:10 UAVs struck targets in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, and Reshetilovka, Poltava region.

0:42 Explosions in the Cherkassy region.

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