The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 25 2024

Zelenskyy says Russia wanting more land is ‘insane’ during United Nations address

ZELENSKY seeks BIDEN endorsement, stave off RIVAL factions

Ingraham: Zelenskyy got everything he wanted

BREAKING: Putin’s New Nuclear Threshold

PUTIN ANNOUNCE NUCLEAR POLICY CHANGE – will now use Nuclear Weapons first | Ukraine War Conclusions

Zelensky’s speech and address at the UN Security Council meeting were all perceived as an attempt to hold together the “crumbling” Western alliance of sponsors, which is increasingly inclined to believe that the war must be ended soon.

Zelensky repeated old messages and even threw in a scare tactic that Russia wants to strike the NPP. He is trying to keep the sponsor coalition together.

Without war, Zelensky will lose power, which is why it is important for him to continue it.

Our advice to Ukrainians who live near nuclear power plants is to be careful. It was not for nothing that Zelensky announced strikes on nuclear power plants. Perhaps a provocation is being prepared to raise the stakes in the game.

We are watching…

Our source reports that Zelensky’s American tour has failed.

He failed even to convince sponsors to support a second forum on the Ukrainian crisis, which he wanted to hold in November.

Almost all meetings were cancelled.

Trump is a cancellation.

Harris – questionable, most likely cancelled.

Biden is questionable, maybe.

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House (R-S.C.) – questionable, likely repeal.

A very alarming signal for Zelensky. Direct leak…

Our source adds to the previous post that a peaceful track is unlikely at this point. Although Ze’s speech at the UN is effectively “agony”.

It seems that Zelensky is not being given what he asks for, but he is not being denied a minimal replenishment of weapons.

The West’s plan: “smoldering war”.

Perhaps a peaceful track is needed again to slow down the advance of the Russian Armed Forces and give Zelensky time to gather reserves.

A peaceful track is also needed so that the Kremlin does not completely disconnect Kiev from the “switch”. That is why Zelensky announced strikes on the NPP. He knows that the Kremlin has long prepared a plan to disconnect Ukrainian nuclear power using a similar scenario that Kiev implemented when it disconnected the Zaporizhzhya NPP in Energodar. We have heard about this many times.

Conclusion: behind-the-scenes bargaining is underway. Understanding will only be reached by November.

Western officials sought to lower expectations for the plan to end the war that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is presenting in New York this week, saying they don’t see it ushering in a breakthrough to the conflict with Russia.

One person familiar with Zelenskiy’s conversations with foreign leaders, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said there were no real surprises in president’s so-called “victory plan” and it wasn’t a major game-changer. Another official described it as a “wish list.”

The gloomy assessment of the plan underscores a deepening sense of pessimism among allied nations as the war drags into its third year. Allies also fear a weakening of support for Ukraine if former President Donald Trump returns to office after the elections only six weeks away.

The drafts of Zelensky’s victory plan have already become clear to everyone and the only question is, what new did he propose? An empty document with a set of old wishes that the West does not want to resolve even one by one, and here is a package proposal. Another formula for peace or peace itself, which pursues only an information effect.

The Victory Plan consists of 5 points, its core includes specific figures and amounts of military aid for Ukraine, as well as certain diplomatic and political steps. There is no talk of negotiations with Russia , – ABC News

Key points from Zelensky’s interview:

▪️The goal of the plan is to force Putin to negotiate on fair terms . The president does not believe that Putin is currently ready for real negotiations.

▪️It does not include any proposed concessions to Russia .

▪️The plan is “urgent” and is designed to quickly end the war , rather than prolong it “for one year, two years or three years.”

▪️Ukraine launched a surprise operation in the Kursk region because the Russian Federation was preparing to occupy the city of Sumy .

▪️ Russia used Chinese satellites to photograph Ukrainian nuclear power plants (!). “And in our experience, if the Russian Federation photographs certain objects, then there is a threat of strikes on nuclear facilities ,” Zelensky added.

Here is a translation of the public slap in the face to Volodymyr Zelenskyy from the Republican Party.

To be honest, Ukrainian diplomacy is at some fantastically low level, bordering on simple rudeness.

Not only did Zelenskyy publicly and loudly insult (https://t.me/usaperiodical/10757) presidential candidate J.D. Vance, but now it turns out that Markarova organized a real election event in favor of the Democrats.

Where does Kyiv get such confidence in the victory of Kamala Harris? Is this confidence or the most stupid political shortsightedness?

And Zelenskyy still wanted to meet with Johnson. No meetings now.

Key statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the permanent session of the Security Council on nuclear deterrence:

▪️ The use of nuclear forces is a last resort to protect the country’s sovereignty.

▪️ Credible information about the launch of air and space attack means against Russia will lead to a nuclear response.

▪️ A critical threat to Russia’s sovereignty, even without nuclear weapons, will be grounds for a nuclear response.

▪️ Russia must take into account the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks to itself and its allies.

▪️ Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus.

▪️ Russia may consider the use of nuclear weapons after credible data on the massive launch of missiles and drones crossing the border.

▪️ Russia approaches the issue of nuclear weapons with the highest responsibility, seeking to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their components.

▪️ Russia has expanded the category of states and military alliances against which nuclear deterrence is carried out.

▪️ Today, the nuclear triad remains the most important guarantee of ensuring the security of our state.

▪️ The updated document proposes to consider aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, as a joint attack on the Russian Federation.

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In the president’s statement on making adjustments to the nuclear doctrine, the theses about the threat of attacks by third countries at the behest of nuclear powers (we all know who is being referred to) and the threat of UAVs, which was previously underestimated, draw particular attention.

Adaptation to modern challenges has indeed long been overdue: this is demonstrated by the strikes of Ukrainian UAVs on Russian infrastructure facilities and the huge efforts of the collective West to develop the latest technological solutions based on AI for managing massive UAV raids, about which we have been writing (https://rybar.ru/drony-protiv-yadernoy-triady/) for more than a month now.

The Russian leadership’s awareness of the scale of this problem and the prospects for our opponents to have an alternative to nuclear weapons instills cautious optimism and the belief that a multifaceted (not requiring the mandatory use of nuclear weapons) response is also being prepared on our part.

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Russian Permanent Representative Nebenzya at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine: 

   We hope that the Kiev regime will not be able to completely destroy its country and its people, to which it is already close, nor push our world into the abyss of a nuclear catastrophe. For this purpose, it should adopt realistic parameters for a long-term settlement of the Ukrainian crisis as soon as possible, rather than slipping into some unrealistic ultimatums, plans for victory, etc. all the time. The price for this criminal “cap-in-hand” is paid by ordinary Ukrainians, whose resistance to the arrogant Kiev clique is growing considerably.

As for us, Russia has always been ready to live in peace and good-neighborliness with Ukraine until it was turned into an aggressive, Russophobic neo-Nazi hornet’s nest, threatening our security, and began making plans to drag it into the militaristic NATO bloc.

Zelensky’s Kursk adventure is destroying all the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and will cause defeat in the future, but 

The Russians plan to create bridgeheads near five regional centers by the end of autumn in order to destroy them. 

This was stated by MP Maryana Bezuglaya. 

“During the autumn, the Russians plan to create bridgeheads near five regional centers and destroy them: Zaporizhia and Dnipro, which they are gradually approaching, Kharkov and Kherson, which have been under constant attack for a long time, as well as Sumy, which has become a bridgehead for our active actions in the Kursk region,” she wrote. 

The West is already openly stating that the loss of Vuhledar and territories in Donbass became possible due to Zelensky’s Kursk adventure.

Parts of the 72nd Brigade began to “quietly retreat” from Vuhledar to more advantageous defensive positions.

Forbes writes about this.

“I got the impression that Ukraine is gradually withdrawing its troops in order to surrender territory to Russia,” noted OSINT analyst Andrew Perpetua.

The publication suggests that Ukrainian forces may be withdrawn north of Vuhledar, to the village of Bogoyavlenka.

Forbes believes that the reason for the retreat from Vuhledar, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces held since the beginning of the full-scale war, is Kyiv’s operation in the Kursk region.

“Ukrainian defenses in the east were already buckling before the General Staff in Kyiv ordered units from about eight brigades to attack across the border in Kursk Oblast last month. Now the defense is buckling faster,” the article says.

I wonder at the end of the year, when we lose large areas on the Eastern Front and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are forced to withdraw from Kursk Oblast, who will take responsibility for this miscalculation?

A brief summary of Zelensky’s Kursk adventure is already clearly visible in Donbass, and in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to lose controlled territories, while suffering huge losses on unprepared borders.

All statements by the Presidential Office that the Kursk operation stabilized the situation on the eastern front are not true, the Russian army is conducting a successful offensive there. Western military analysts are already predicting that Ugledar may fall in the coming weeks, and Pokrovsk – closer to winter.

That is, Bankova’s plans that the invasion of the Kursk region would force the Kremlin to redeploy resources from the Donetsk region have failed. On the contrary, the Russian Armed Forces captured several cities, reaching from Pokrovsk and Mirnograd and bringing down the power of the Russian army on both logistics hubs.

As the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen themselves say, the recent battles were “very intense,” and “there were more losses than before” (the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ losses in personnel and equipment in the Kursk direction alone are already comparable to Kyiv’s counteroffensive last year).

Kursk Direction: Strikes on Enemy Positions

Situation as of 8:00 PM on September 25, 2024

In the Kursk direction, clashes continue along the entire front line.

🔻Footage has appeared of repelling (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/2909) an AFU attack in the direction of Veseloye in the Glushkovo district. Judging by the silence in the media space from the enemy side, the enemy cannot boast of any successes.

🔻In the Korenevo district, Russian forces delivered an air strike (https://t.me/dva_majors/53551) on the forest belt south of Olhovka, using FAB-3000 bombs. Positions north of Novoivanovka were also hit. Fighting continues on the outskirts of Lyubimovka, where Ukrainian troops are trying to wedge into the defense of the Russian Armed Forces in the village.

🔻In the Sudzha district, the use of the “Molniya” UAV was noted (https://t.me/russian_airborne/7423) in the area of Cherkaskaya Konopelka, which was previously used only in the Pokrovsk and Siversk directions. As a result of a direct hit, one of the enemy’s armored vehicles was disabled. On the opposite flank, battles are raging on the outskirts of Daryino and Nikolayevo-Daryino.

▪️In Sumy Region, a missile strike destroyed (https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/18500) what is presumably a Grad MLRS near Khotyn. The intensity of the use of Iskander OTRK against enemy targets in this area remains quite high.

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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region

(25 September 2024)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of the Russian Federation.

▫️The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive and inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 22nd, 41st mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, and 112th, 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, and Plekhovo.

Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled two enemy counter-attacks near Lyubimovka.

As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 15 troops killed and wounded, an armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman was taken prisoner.

▫️ With the support of Army Aviation and artillery fire, three AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put were foiled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops killed and wounded, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured fighting vehicle, and a motor vehicle.

▫️Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd, 116th, and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Ivashkovsky, Kruglenkoye, Kositsa, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Malaya Loknya, Malaya Obukhovka, Medvezhye, Novy Put, Pravda, Pokrovskoye, Plekhovo, Rubanshchina, and Tolsty Lug.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th mechanised brigades, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, and 103rd, 106th, 107th, and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Belopolye, Belovody, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Bruski, Vladimirovka, Zhuravka, Komsomolsky, Manukhovka, Novaya Sloboda, Obody, Pavlovka, Rechki, Revyakino, Sosnovka, Stepanovka, Sumy, Shalygino, and Khoten.

▫️Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered the following losses: over 300 troops, seven armoured vehicles, three tanks, including two German-made Leopard tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and three armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, and six motor vehicles.

▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 17,000 troops, 130 tanks, 62 infantry fighting vehicles, 95 armoured personnel carriers, 812 armoured fighting vehicles, 514 motor vehicles, 138 artillery guns, 31 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 35 electronic warfare stations and eight counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 18 engineering vehicles, including 11 counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, as well as one armoured recovery vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.

Russian Defence Ministry

Our source in the General Staff said that a new trend is currently gaining ground in the Ukrainian Armed Forces: soldiers who volunteered to go AWOL in the first days of the war. The problem is so serious that the General Staff is asking the Presidential Office not to relax the legislation and to strengthen criminal prosecution in order to bring the situation under control. Right now, entire companies are leaving their positions right at the front and going to regional centers, where they are hiding from the police.

From the Ugledar direction

During the retreat from the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine No. 3, the enemy redeployed its forces to the adjacent forest belt, and our artillery fired at them to prevent the use of manpower in another section of the front.

North of Vodyanoye, our forces continue to push through the enemy’s defenses.

We are also expanding control of the territory west of the Konstantinovka-Ugledar highway.

In Ugledar itself, we continue to consolidate our positions; we have advanced 1.5 km from the eastern outskirts, and the enemy has begun to throw reserves at the LBS, which he initially planned to withdraw from the city. We are actively working with artillery on apartment buildings.

From Pavlovka we also move in the direction of Ugledar, taking the enemy forces into a semi-ring.

At Novoukrainka, enemy forces that are transferring reserves are being destroyed by our artillery and aviation.

Our source reports that Syrsky, on instructions from the Presidential Office, is sending reserves in the direction of Ugledar. The task is to hold the city while Zelensky is in the US.

They even throw in mobilized troops to slow down the advance of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Russians are now covering everything around them with FABs.

Well, as the Proliv Stalina Telegram channel joked aptly, we are quite the risk-averse bunch and always try not to rush into things.

But the UNIAN post with the template anti-crisis “%settlement name% is not important” is, in fact, a death sentence. A death sentence for the boys left in the ruins of the city as “throw me, I’ll hold them back”. The only thing is, it seems the “valiant” command didn’t bother to ask the boys’ consent to be thrown.

Well, such is life. We get what we get. Some will be buried in concrete, while others get a promotion (https://t.me/voin_dv/10893). Yes, Mr. Vynnyk? It’s interesting, after the Vuhledar epic is over, will someone rebuild your now former brigade, or will the number 72 in the list of AFU mechanized formations be crossed out, and will something… or even anything, emerge in its place?

At this rate, even the “busified” ones may run out. The TCCS guys will have to catch the remaining rare Ukrainian youth who didn’t manage to flee the country.

PS

TROIKA (https://t.me/rustroyka1945/18094) aptly reminded that the enemy’s psyops during the unsuccessful for our side winter battles for Vuhledar trumpeted the strategic importance of this defense hub in the southern part of Donetsk Region.

Now, as you can see, everything has suddenly changed, and Vuhledar has ceased to be so immediately after the garrison of the AFU there caught sight of the very real furry beast.

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Ugledar direction

The central part of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya #3 mine has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. 

Footage of a flag being displayed over one of the buildings has been published. The western part is not quite yet.

Russian assault groups have entered the eastern part of Ugledar. The remaining part of the city is being hit by MLRS strikes.

North of Prechistovka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced in a sector up to 3.78 km wide and up to 1.85 km deep, taking up positions along the Berestovaya ravine.

All night the authors of Western and Ukrainian telegrams were coming up with text and motivation about “useless Ugledar”. In the morning, the base was told that it had ceased to be an important logistical hub. Well, now it definitely had. All the exits are blocked. Only through the chimney, into the ashes.

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According to Ukrainian channels, the “fortress” in Selydove is half-encircled. The situation for Ukrainian troops looks extremely difficult: the head of the council of reservists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ivan Tymochko said that in the event of a threat of encirclement, the army is ready to flee

Trap for Ukrainian forces: Russian army strikes at Volchansk aggregate plant taken over

Recent events in the Kharkiv direction confirm the words about a carefully prepared trap for the Ukrainian armed forces. After the capture of the Volchansk Aggregate Plant by the GSD units, Russian troops actively started shelling the complex of buildings on its territory with the use of flamethrower systems “Solntsepek”.

🔻 The plant, previously considered an important strategic facility, now found itself surrounded by fire. Its capture turned out for the Ukrainian forces not only loss of control, but also heavy losses among the personnel on its territory – another tragicomedy that was necessary only for the sake of a one-day media victory.

🔻This incident is a clear example of how Ukrainian forces can become trapped by their own actions. Failures on the front, “meat” assaults and rash decisions of the Ukrainian commanders jeopardize the further activity of the AFU and not only in this direction, undermining morale and leaving soldiers without effective support.

🔻 Most likely, soon we will hear information that Ukrainian formations left the territory of the plant, trying to create the appearance of success. Such a “media victory”, however, will not be able to hide the real problems faced by the Ukrainian armed forces and will not change the current operational situation on the front.

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Slobozhansky Direction: Counterattacks in the Hlyboke Area and Battle for Vovchansk

Situation as of 4:00 PM on September 25, 2024

In the Slobozhansky Direction, fierce battles have resumed along the entire front line from Liptsy to Vovchansk. The enemy is attacking the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in several sectors, trying to divert Russian reserves from more dangerous directions.

▪️In the area of Hlyboke, Ukrainian formations reached the center of the settlement. The Russian Armed Forces launched a counterattack, occupying part of the AFU positions.

Despite individual successes, the AFU have not turned the tide in their favor. Russian artillery and the Aerospace Forces strike the enemy’s positions and communications (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/2866).

▪️Ukrainian formations continue attempts to take Starytsia, making a slight advance west of the Kohutovo tract. Russian troops use UAVs to destroy enemy concentrations.

▪️AFU assault groups entered the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant, but were struck (https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/18493) by the TOS “Solntsepek”. The high degree of ruination and lack of crossings will pose supply problems for the enemy.

▪️Separate AFU infantry groups were spotted north, in the Shevchenko Street area, but lack reliable shelters against Russian strikes.

❗️Vovchansk is mostly in ruins, with the holding of the city costly for both sides. The strategic importance for Russia is “distracting” the AFU, while for the enemy, control has media importance.

▪️East of Vovchansk, Russian assault troops established control over the northwestern outskirts of Tikhiy, driving out (https://t.me/soiuzspaseniya/1508) the enemy.

In the Liman direction, Russian troops continue their slow advance. Currently, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to push Ukrainian forces beyond the Zhuravka River. The advance of Russian troops in the Zarechny and Torskoye area, as well as the return of previously lost positions in the Terny area, have been recorded.

Result of overnight strikes on enemy facilities on Ukrainian territory: September 24-25, 2024

On the night of September 23-24, 2024, the Russian military carried out a number of strikes against enemy facilities in various regions of Ukraine, including Sumy, Kharkov, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnitsky and Rovno regions. Geran-2 attack drones, Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles and FAB aerial bombs with UMPK were used.

🔻Pokrovske, Dnepropetrovsk region (01:10, 25.09.2024)  

The building of the educational complex of Pokrovskoye lyceum was damaged by strikes of barrage munitions. The roof of the building was significantly damaged, and a fire broke out on the site. Ukrainian forces organized a temporary dislocation point on the territory of the facility. There is currently no information on the number of enemy servicemen wounded or eliminated. Secondary detonation was not recorded.

🔻Vizirka, Odessa region (23:00, 24.09.2024)  

Local residents heard an explosion in the northeast of the settlement, but probably the missile “Kh-59/69″ was suppressed by means of electronic warfare (REB). No hits on the target were recorded.

🔻Novaya Olshanka, Odessa region (23:05, 24.09.2024)  

A missile of type “Kh-59/69″ hit the area near the substation of substation PS 330 kV “Adzhalik”. There were damaged two trucks with the number of equipment that conducts repair and reinforcement works of the facility, as well as there was a fire of dry grass. The substation itself was not damaged.

🔻Sumy (22:20, 24.09.2024)

  

As a result of kamikaze drone strikes, the territory of the support battalion of the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade (58 OMBr), which the enemy organized on the industrial territory of the city, was hit. Two warehouses were damaged, at least ten military cargo vehicles and three reinforced trawlers were destroyed or significantly damaged. There are also wounded and killed among the personnel of the sub-unit, but the exact number is not available. It is important to note that a fire was formed at the site of the strikes, which was accompanied by a secondary detonation.

🔻Mala Lyubasha, Rivne region (02:50, 25.09.2024)

  

Several attack drones struck a military range near the settlement, but there is no information about the results of the strikes.

📌Explosions are also reported in Khmelnytskyi and Kharkov areas, but there is no detailed information about the effects of these strikes at the moment. 

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Chronicles of the special military operation

for September 25, 2024

Russian forces struck AFU targets in several regions of the so-called Ukraine. Several impacts occurred in the industrial zone in Sumy and the Kharkiv district.

In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian forces are engaged in combat north of the aggregates plant in Volchansk. At the same time, the enemy is attacking the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Hlyboke, trying to regain control over the village.

In the Lyman direction, Russian assault troops have reached the western outskirts of Makiivka. To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the area of Nevske.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces have expanded the control zone north of Tsukuryne. Parallel to this, fierce battles are raging on the approaches to Kurakhove.

In the South Donetsk direction, battles are unfolding for Vuhledar, with Russian forces attempting to consolidate their positions on the eastern outskirts of the city. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually taking the enemy’s supply routes in this area under fire control.

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Vuhledar Operationally Encircled | MASSIVE Shelling of The City | AFU Recapture Aggregate Plant

The encirclement of Vuhledar continues | Ukrainians advance in Vovchansk [25 September 2024]

Russian Bomb and Envelope Operations

Russian Forces Captures Key Ukranian Forces And Forces Ukrainian Forces To Withdraw

 Morning Summary on September 25, 2024

▪️ By nightfall, the enemy reported a missile strike on the port of Yuzhny in Odesa Region. In addition, for the third evening in a row, the Russian Armed Forces have been striking at enemy targets in the city of Zaporizhia.

▪️ Over the past few days, important events have been unfolding in Vuhledar in the South Donetsk direction. After several weeks of offensive actions by the Russian Army, the city has been almost completely encircled, with only a narrow corridor and one road to the north remaining for the AFU yesterday evening. According to some reports, the road is under our fire control, and the enemy’s retreat routes are only through the fields now. Artillery strikes of all types and air strikes on Vuhledar have been significantly intensified (https://t.me/dva_majors/53542), and footage has emerged of the presence of our infantry assault groups in the city. At the same time, frontline troops warn against premature victory reports until the combat mission is completed: against the backdrop of the unsuccessful Russian offensive on Vuhledar last year, the AFU have turned it into a powerful fortified area, which the Russian Armed Forces are now trying to break through by wide encirclement and cutting off the enemy’s supply. Thus, west of the city, our units north of Prechystivka advanced up to 4 km wide and 2 km deep, occupying positions along the Berestova gully.

▪️ In Kursk Region, fighting continues in the Glushkovo District. The AFU are trying to break through in the area of the settlements of Krasnooktyabr’skiy and Veseloye. In the Korenevo District, fighting continues near Lyubimovka, and our forces are striking the AFU positions in Ol’govka and the settlement of Tolstyy Lug with drones and heavy aerial bombs. Active actions by the Russian Armed Forces are reported in the south of the Sudzha District near the settlement of Plekhovo.

▪️ In the Kharkiv direction, as a result of counterattacks by elite AFU units, the enemy has occupied the ruins of the Volchansk Aggregates Plant on our side of the Volchya River. Against the backdrop of the freezing of the Russian Army’s offensive in this direction, this event does not hold any prospects for the AFU, and the occupied plant buildings will become a target for FAB with JDAM.

▪️ In the Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk) direction, heavy fighting is reported in the city, where our troops continue to battle in the urban area.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk direction – fighting in Mykolaivka, the Russian Army is encircling Selidovo. The AFU’s logistics are being disrupted near Tsukuryne, and the battle is also unfolding for Hornyak. There were reports of the success of our troops in Zhelanne Druhe.

▪️ In the evening, the AFU struck at the civilian population of Belgorod again, injuring five civilians. In the city of Shebekino, one civilian was injured. There, as a result of the shelling, there are local power line outages. Konovalovo in the Volokonovsky District was also shelled.

▪️ In Kherson Region, an intensification of AFU strikes on civilians was also reported. In Nova Kakhovka, a 75-year-old woman suffered severe leg injuries in her own home. In Kakhovka, two people were injured: a 70-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man. In the village of Podokalinivka in the Oleshky district, a 42-year-old local resident was injured.

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