War update: 173 clashes on frontline, heavy fighting in Pokrovsk sector
There were 173 combat clashes along the frontline, with the heaviest enemy attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces lost nearly 160 troops.
15 September 2025
There were 173 combat clashes along the frontline, with the heaviest enemy attacks occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces lost nearly 160 troops.
On September 15, Russian forces attacked four settlements in Kharkiv region, killing one civilian and injuring four others.
The Kirishi oil refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region has shut down a key processing unit following a Ukrainian drone attack over the weekend.
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, 11,000 cases of chemical agents being used by the enemy have been recorded, resulting in 3,000 cases of exposure among Ukrainian servicemen.
Russian forces shelled the village of Mykilske with artillery and dropped explosives on the village of Bilozerka, killing two civilians.
Five civilians were injured today in Sumy region as a result of attacks by the Russian Federation.
In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, the number of wounded after the Russian night attack has risen to 11 people.
In the second half of September, Russian propaganda is expected to maintain intense information attacks against initiatives for international security guarantees for Ukraine.
Russian forces attacked Orikhiv community in Zaporizhzhia region, killing a man.
No troop activity has been observed toward Ukraine’s border from Belarus during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2025.
Ukrainian Armed Forces and National Guard units have liberated the settlement of Pankivka and nearby territories in Donetsk region as a result of coordinated operations.
Cyber specialists of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine carried out a large-scale attack on the resources of Russia’s Central Election Commission on the so-called “single voting day” on September 14.
Strategically important Russian military targets in Crimea are entirely within the reach of Ukrainian forces.
Russian forces shelled 20 settlements in the Chernihiv region on September 14. Nizhyn and the Nizhyn district came under a massive attack by enemy drones.
In the Sumy region, 12 men were injured as a result of a Russian missile strike on the outskirts of a village while they were harvesting crops.
Late on Sunday, September 14, the Russian army struck the center of Kramatorsk with three bombs.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 59 out of 84 Russian drones overnight.
A total of 187 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders on September 14.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to September 15, 2025, amount to approximately 1,095,520 people, including 910 people over the past day.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 607 strikes on 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of enemy attacks on the Polohivsky district, one person was killed and two others were wounded.
The enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia again, explosions were heard for the second time during the night, and air defense forces were engaged with enemy targets.
As a result of a night attack on the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia, a house on the territory of a gardening association was partially destroyed.
Special forces from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) struck a Russian 9K317M Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past 24 hours, 1,001 people, including 109 children, have been evacuated from the Donetsk region.
14 September 2025
There have been 173 combat engagements along the front lines; in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka sectors, the occupiers made a total of 94 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses.
Operators of FPV drones from the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces have targeted a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system near Pokrovsk.
In the Mykolaiv region, a 68-year-old man was wounded when Russian forces attacked the Kutsurub community using an FPV drone.
Russian troops hit Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region with Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, injuring two civilians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received a briefing from Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, on the frontline situation, including in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions.
The most effective sanctions, which act the fastest, are strikes on Russia’s oil industry, significantly limiting the war.