Partisans blow up railway tracks leading to missile plant in Smolensk
Agents of the Atesh movement have blown up railway tracks in Smolensk, Russia, leading to an aircraft plant that produces Kh-59 missiles for the Russian Defense Ministry.
21 September 2025
Agents of the Atesh movement have blown up railway tracks in Smolensk, Russia, leading to an aircraft plant that produces Kh-59 missiles for the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia suffered approximately 1,101,610 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and September 21, 2025, with 1,010 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Russian forces carried out 523 strikes on 13 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday, September 20. Three people were injured in enemy attacks in the Zaporizhzhia and Vasylivka districts.
The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage of Ukrainian air defenders in action on September 20, 2025, during Russia's massive strike on Ukrainian territory.
20 September 2025
NATO is a coalition weakened by the US withdrawal from Europe, doomed to slow decision-making, so Putin will continue to “test the reactions” of his opponents and try out the Alliance without any punishment.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to continue strengthening Ukraine's air defense, which is designed to protect lives.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Ukrainian troops carried out successful search and strike operations, resulting in an advance of up to three kilometers, the destruction of a significant number of enemy infantry, and the capture of prisoners.
Each new Russian attack proves that Ukraine urgently needs additional air defense systems and tougher sanctions against Russia.
The enemy struck Malokaterynivka with an FPV drone. One person was injured.
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys expressed condolences to the victims of Russia’s overnight strike on Ukraine, noting that Ukraine had halted the aggressor’s advance and urging allies to step up their efforts.
A Russian drone struck a residential building in Prymorsk, injuring an 87-year-old woman.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 552 Russian drones, two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 29 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
One person was killed and eight wounded, including three medical workers, in enemy attacks in the Chernihiv region over the past 24 hours.
On the front line over the past day, September 19, 165 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
One person was killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of a massive Russian attack.
In the early hours of September 20, Russian invaders launched a massive strike on Mykolaiv using ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to September 20, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,100,600 people, including 1,070 people over the past day.
The consequences of the Russian missile and drone attack have been recorded in the Bucha, Boryspil, and Obukhiv districts of the Kyiv region.
During a combined attack, the army hit a high-rise building in Dnipro.
Fighters from the 8th Border Guard Detachment used strike drones in the Zaporizhzhia direction to destroy a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, a fuel depot, and a Russian vehicle.
Since the beginning of the month, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces have destroyed four enemy air defense systems and damaged about a dozen more.
Ukrainian fighters have destroyed a Russian medium-range surface-to-air missile system 'Buk' after an agent of the ATESH resistance movement, who is serving in the Russian military, passed along photos and coordinates of the system’s deployment.
19 September 2025
On September 19, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 124 clashes with Russian forces, with 44 enemy attacks repelled in the Pokrovsk sector alone.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the invaders attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk sector, where 25 battles have been observed.
Overnight, Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed 71 Russian drones in the skies above the country, while strikes were recorded at six locations.
In the past 24 hours, there were 223 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian occupiers, the largest number taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to September 19, 2025, amount to approximately 1,099,530 people, including 1,150 people over the past day.
18 September 2025
During the morning attack on the capital on September 7, Russian forces launched several missiles: one struck the Cabinet of Ministers building, while another was heading toward residential neighborhoods. It was stopped by a volunteer with the callsign Hrek, who opened fire with a Maxim machine gun.
Ukraine is prepared to help train Polish engineers and military personnel, share its expertise in building a drone defense line, and provide access to specific software so that Poland can detect Russian attacks in advance.
Ukraine and Poland have agreed to establish a joint operational group for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).