Ukraine’s SOF take control of forest strip in Donetsk region
Soldiers of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a successful raid on Russian positions in Donetsk region, taking control of a forest strip and seizing enemy equipment.
Soldiers of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a successful raid on Russian positions in Donetsk region, taking control of a forest strip and seizing enemy equipment.
Russian forces attacked Nikopol and Synelnykove districts, leaving five elderly people wounded.
Russian forces struck a store in Kharkiv, injuring two people.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen discussed preparations for the upcoming European Political Community Summit, including coordination of meetings with partners.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 106 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the invaders attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Toretsk, and Lyman sectors.
The Russian troops launched three strikes on the city of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region, resulting in at least two civilians being wounded.
The number of wounded as a result of the morning artillery shelling of the Central district of Kherson has increased to six; a 34-year-old man sought medical care.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a military meeting focused on the Dobropillia counteroffensive, the situation in Kupiansk and along the frontline in general, as well as the detection of reconnaissance drones near the Hungarian border.
Gas stations have begun closing in territories temporarily occupied by Russia due to a lack of fuel.
Russian forces carried out several airstrikes on the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, injuring two civilians and causing significant damage to civilian infrastructure.
The first anti-drone tunnel has been completed in the Zaporizhzhia region, with three more 60% ready.
A medical facility in Kherson was damaged in the morning shelling of the city center.
Russian forces are targeting energy infrastructure in the Chernihiv region, with several facilities hit.
During incidents involving unidentified drones that disrupted airport operations in several Danish cities this week, a ship of the Russian Baltic Fleet, the Alexander Shabalin, was present near the country’s territorial waters.
In Kharkiv region, four police officers from the Kupiansk District Police were wounded while carrying out evacuation efforts.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed a strike on the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar area.
The number of wounded in the morning artillery shelling of the Central District of Kherson has increased to five; a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, and a 23-year-old man sought medical help.
Large cities in the south, such as Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, are subjected to daily air strikes with powerful guided aerial bombs (KABs).
The Air Force is creating a new branch of troops – Unmanned Air Defense Systems Forces – to ensure the protection of civilians and critical infrastructure from drones.
In under two months, Ukrainian Deep Strike capabilities have struck 85 important targets on Russian territory. This directly affects the enemy’s logistics and supply.
During the summer campaign, the enemy had planned to gain control and by early autumn establish a “buffer zone” in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, capture the Pokrovsk agglomeration, reach the borders of Donetsk region, and seize a number of territories in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions. Thanks to Ukraine’s Defense Forces, Russia’s plans have been disrupted.
The situation on the frontline is difficult, but the Defense Forces have recently achieved some success. The Defense Forces conduct about 15-20 assault operations daily.
The Russians lack forces and resources to launch an offensive on Dnipropetrovsk region, as all Russian marine units are currently bogged down in fighting in the Dobropillia direction.
Russian troops fired on the frontline and residential areas of five settlements in the Donetsk region 1,699 times in the past 24 hours.
A woman was killed as a result of the morning artillery shelling of Kherson. Proceedings have been initiated, and the authorities are urging residents not to go outside unless necessary.
In the border areas of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv regions, hundreds of shellings are recorded daily, as the enemy fires with all available weapons.
A 20-year-old civilian man was wounded in a Russian drone strike in the Korukivka district of Chernihiv region and is currently hospitalized.
A series of explosions occurred in Russian-occupied Crimea during the night of September 25–26, with sources reporting a strike on the FSB building in the city of Armiansk.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stationed at the site recorded the downing and explosion of a Russian drone just 800 meters from the perimeter of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).