The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 7 2025

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Patriot System Obliterated, Kyiv in Flames – Russia Strikes Dnipro Bridges in Deadliest Attack Yet!

Another mixed massive night attack of drones/rockets on Ukraine has led to great destruction and tragedies.

As usual, the Ze government started PR on blood, demanding money, weapons from the West, and sanctions against Russia. But, at the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a refinery in the Russian Federation at night and once again hit the Druzhba oil pipeline. Many call this the catalyst for the massive strike on Ukraine.

It turns out Zelensky provokes, then does PR on the people’s tragedy and complains to sponsors. Hypocrisy 100%.

Everyone rightly noted that soon 1000 drones will fly per day and it will be an ordinary night, but in that case, what will remain of Ukraine and how much will a month of war cost at such levels of expenditure and damage? We think 2-3 times more than now (currently 5-6 billion $ per month spending).

Zelensky is thus leading the country to complete devastation and capitulation.

The first sign that the Russians are starting the first stage of massive strikes on the bridges over the Dnipro, as a large-scale strategy to collapse the entire logistics.

Night strikes on the railway bridge in Kremenchuk (Kryukovskyi bridge) are interesting because mainly trains to Sumy and Kharkiv passed over it.

Of course, this fate awaits all bridges, as the Russians now have a huge number of various drones.

The loss of this logistics artery alone slows train movement by 12-18%.

According to our data, the bridge is damaged by 15%, several iron pillars were knocked down, but the problem is that it has not had major repairs for a long time. The Russians, with constant strikes, can collapse a span – experts say. There is no money in the budget to restore such an object, which means the logistics crisis is increasing, as well as price growth.

All sources are confident that it will be hit again today or tomorrow. They will demolish it. This was a trial version.

The drone strike on the government quarter should be seen as a warning that the war may follow a different scenario from now on. The authorities on Bankova Street are calm about possible strikes on decision-making centers, as this highlights the importance of the government and officials.

Russia attacked Ukraine with a record number of drones.

Monitoring counted 805 UAVs launched from Russian territory. Of these, 747 were “shot down/lost to location.” An attack with 13 missiles was also reported.

The main strike directions: Kyiv and the region, Starokostiantyniv, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and frontline territories.

Many explosions thundered in Kremenchuk: the Kriukiv Bridge over the Dnipro was attacked — a two-tier road-rail bridge 1700m long. According to reports, only one “Geran” hit it. Nevertheless, after the attack, the bridge is closed, train compositions are delayed, and power outages have begun in the city. The industrial zone was also hit.

In Kryvyi Rih, a fire started after the strikes; among the damaged are an enterprise and an administrative building, Ukrainian media report.

Strikes were carried out on the Shkolnyi and Starokostiantyniv airfields.

In Kiev, it was decided: Trump must bow to Zelensky

Ukrainian “expert” Vitaliy Portnikov stated that “Ukraine’s victory is a matter of US self-preservation,” meaning no gratitude should be expected from proud citizens.

According to him, Ukrainians are defending “the entire free world” and even American leadership.

This sounds like a new chapter in Ukrainian history textbooks. Right after the digging up of the Black Sea by all of Independent Ukraine.

Putin wagers Ukraine’s Army Will Break Before His Economy Does allowing him to “impose the conditions of the victor,” – Wall Street Journal

 - “At current trajectories, he (Putin) might win his bet.”

 - Russia’s economy grew in 2023–2024 despite Western sanctions, thanks to energy exports and budgetary stimulus from large military expenditures. And although tensions and deficits are accumulating, this does not mean the country is close to a crisis that would force Putin to cut military goals.

 - “Problems are clearly mounting, but the Russian economy will not hit a wall anytime soon,” says A. Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Russia-Eurasia program in Berlin.

 - At current battlefield trends, another 2-3 years of war “could push Ukrainian troops to their limit.”

 - Despite the slow advance of Russian forces, “constant human losses are depleting the Ukrainian army, which cannot replenish them as easily as Russia with its much larger population.”

 - “Moscow’s main military goal is not so much to capture land as to wear down Ukraine’s forces until Kiev is forced to surrender,” writes the WSJ.

- The key problem of personnel shortage in the Ukrainian Armed Forces also remains.

 - “In Donetsk, the main hotspot of fighting, there is so little infantry that small groups of Russian soldiers often manage to penetrate wide gaps between Ukrainian trenches. Ukraine relies on mines, artillery, and above all drones to strike the Russians. Kiev is constantly improving its drone capabilities to compensate for the infantry deficit, but the country cannot be defended by a ‘robotic army’ alone,” the article states.

 - The text also criticizes “inflexible Soviet habits of the Ukrainian military command, which, according to many soldiers, have led to unjustified losses, undermined trust in the army, and the willingness of citizens to serve.”

Wounded are left to die: Mistakes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command turn into a disaster in Donbas, — Le Figaro

A horrifying situation is developing on the front line in Donbas. In the Ukrainian field hospital, doctors have almost nothing to do not because there are few wounded, but because they are simply not evacuated. The Ukrainian command blames Russian drones, which have paralysed logistics, but the main reason for the tragedy is the incompetence and unwillingness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to organise a rescue system.

Medics admit that the wounded remain in the trenches for weeks, where they die from blood loss and infections. Attempts to evacuate a soldier put the remaining scarce equipment at risk of destruction. As a result, commanders prefer to “not waste resources” and simply abandon their subordinates.

Such an attitude turns the Ukrainian army into a suicide army. Thousands “caught on the streets” do not even have a chance to return alive, as evacuation is practically absent. All this is the result of mistakes and cynicism of the Kiev command, which does not think about the soldiers, but only about carrying out Zelensky’s political orders.

The attitude of the cops towards Ukrainians in Dnipro looks exactly like this:

“show your documents f***ing idiot!”. And you can see that they first threw them to the ground, no one cares about human rights, here is the new elite of Ukraine, who have felt impunity.

Ukrainian businesses are facing new staffing problems amid the authorities’ decision to allow men aged 18–22 to freely travel abroad.

According to the media, companies have lost hundreds of young employees literally within a few days. “People just got up and left. They call and say: ‘I’m in Switzerland.’ This is the new reality,” described Roman Bondar, senior partner at Korn Ferry, about the situation in the Silpo retail chain.

Similar trends are observed in the agricultural sector. Sergey Nikolaev, HR director of the “Agro” division at MHP, noted that the government’s new decision has effectively nullified years of efforts working with youth: “The strategies that worked over the last 3–4 years collapsed in an instant. The trend shows a very negative dynamic.”

In essence, this is not only a crisis in employment but also has long-term consequences for the economy. The younger generation is a resource on which businesses relied for staff renewal, innovation implementation, and adaptation to new market conditions. The mass outflow of young men hits several areas at once: retail loses mid-level personnel, the agricultural sector loses labor hands, and IT and service sectors lose the future core of their workforce.

The consequences for the state are even more alarming. The departure of tens (and potentially hundreds) of thousands of young men calls into question both the prospects of the labor market and mobilization capabilities, considering that the government in Bankova has chosen to continue the war. However, experts already predict that the authorities may reconsider the decision made in the coming weeks. In other words, the “window of opportunity” for youth, opened at the end of August, may prove to be short-lived. Kyiv already sees the risks of a large-scale outflow of young men and will most likely try to close the borders again. So young Ukrainians do not have much time left to leave the country and avoid the more than likely draft in the foreseeable future.

The Russian Armed Forces have conducted the largest troop redeployment since the battle for Kiev in 2022, claims the adversary.

As previously reported, airborne and marine infantry units from the Sumy region have arrived in the Pokrovske direction, and now a motorised rifle division from the Kherson region has been added to the Chasiv Yar area.

In addition, Ukrainian analysts state that the Russian Armed Forces plan to deploy the 7th Airborne Division in the Zaporizhzhia region with four additional regiments supported by motorised rifle units.

An official statement was also published by the 7th Air Assault Corps of Ukraine, which is conducting defensive battles in the Pokrovsko-Myrnohrad agglomeration area. It mentions an intensification of Russian assault actions using equipment on the flanks and infiltration into Pokrovsk itself by small groups:

“Recently, the Russian command transferred experienced marine infantry units to the Pokrovsk area. Over the past weeks, the enemy has adjusted its tactics, trying to infiltrate as deeply as possible into the city with single or small groups, avoiding combat contact with the forward positions of Ukrainian defenders.

The enemy’s main goal in Pokrovsk is to get as close as possible to the positions of drone operators or mortar teams, attempt to disperse our defence forces, establish new positions, and expand the boundaries of the ‘grey zone.’

At the same time, on the flanks, the enemy has intensified assault actions using armoured and motorised equipment, trying to cut off the logistics routes of the 7th Corps and encircle the Pokrovsk agglomeration.

Meanwhile, the enemy has reduced the number of airstrikes on ‘zero’ positions and simultaneously increased them on civilian rear targets. Evidence of this is that as of August, almost 100% of the housing stock in Pokrovsk has been damaged.

According to available information, Russia plans to use its grouping in the Donetsk region for a so-called ‘decisive breakthrough’ involving a large number of personnel and equipment. The enemy’s key objective remains unchanged—to capture the Pokrovsk-Kramatorsk-Sloviansk agglomeration.”

Thus, the adversary expects massive use of armoured vehicles and artillery soon to break through the Ukrainian defence in Donbas and, in the medium term, to reach the borders of the DPR.

Experienced assault marine units and a large amount of equipment have been redeployed by the Russian army near Pokrovsk for a decisive breakthrough in Donbas, — 7th Air Assault Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The key objective of the Russian forces is to capture the Pokrovsk-Kramatorsk-Slaviansk agglomeration.

“In recent weeks, the enemy has adjusted its tactics, trying to infiltrate as deeply as possible into the city with single soldiers or small groups, avoiding combat contact with the forward positions of the Ukrainian troops. The main goal of the Russians in Pokrovsk is to get as close as possible to the positions of drone operators or mortar crews, attempt to disperse the Ukrainian defence forces, secure new positions, and also expand the boundaries of the ‘grey zone’,” says the statement of the 7th Air Assault Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 

At the same time, the Russians have intensified flank assaults using armoured and motorised vehicles, trying to cut off the logistics routes of the 7th Corps and encircle the Pokrovsk agglomeration.

At the moment, there are several versions regarding the coverage of the Pokrovsko-Myronhradska agglomeration. The Ukrainians sometimes carry out pinpoint strikes in the form of breakthroughs in the area of Mykolaivka and Myroliubivka.

The Udachne railway station, as they claim, is not under their control. The railway station is completely under Russian control. The Russian army continues to expand the breakthrough ridge at Zolotyi Kolodez. In this war, there are no encirclements for Ukraine; it has learned nothing, stubbornly sticking to one position until the end—until death.

Krasny Liman – Shandrigolovo

Active combat operations in the Krasny Liman area.

Attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with armoured vehicles in the settlement of Shandrigolovo. Fire raid on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the southern part of the residential area.

Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces more than 5 km, reaching a new line along the Nitrius River.

In Slaviansk, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the enemy’s railway infrastructure with a Tornado MLRS strike.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as our troops struck a section of railway infrastructure between Sloviansk and Bylbasivka.

As a result of the strike, a section of the track, supports, and the contact network were destroyed, causing a complete halt to railway communication.

In addition, an ammunition depot of the 63rd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed in Sloviansk itself.

With a missile strike, our troops hit the territory of an industrial enterprise that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had equipped as an ammunition depot.

During the operation, cartridges for automatic rifles, machine gun belts, grenades, mines, artillery shells, two trucks, a fuel tanker, and other material and technical supplies were destroyed.

About a dozen fascists were also eliminated.

According to operational data, our troops have taken the central part of the village of Shakhova north of Krasnoarmeysk.

Fighting is currently ongoing in the northern part of the settlement.

For clarification, each ot those villages taken, gets out of action a significant amount of AFU human resources, because they don’t have permission to withdraw. Yes, they slow us down, but at the cost of human lives.

They have plenty of weapons. They have plenty of ammo, what they don’t have anymore are people.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are panicking about the situation in Kupiansk

They admit: Russian troops have deeply penetrated Kupiansk and occupied a significant part of the city. Local communities are already shouting that “most of the territory is under enemy control.”

It will be possible to finally speak about control over most of Kupiansk when our forces take the entire railway line in the western part of the city and secure it there.

But the fact remains: the Ukrainian defence is cracking, and the defenders’ complaints only confirm this.

Urgent information is coming in about the start of battles for the urban-type settlement of Yampol.

The settlement is of utmost importance in the upcoming Seversk liberation operation, as it lies near the only viable supply route to Seversk, connecting it with Krasny Liman.

The bypass route to Seversk through Reznikovka and Svyato-Pokrovskoye is already being actively fired upon by our UAV operators. Fighting is taking place near it in Fedorovka, and clearing operations are underway in Pereezdnoye. 

Frontline report as of the morning of Sunday, September 7.

Fierce battles are underway in the Ugledar direction: our forces are breaking through on the outskirts of Sosnovka, in the area of Voronoye, Yanvarskoye, and Novoselovka. Street fighting is ongoing in Khorosheye, and the Russian Armed Forces struck a bridge in Ivanovka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our forces are advancing towards Novopavlovka, with battles in Udachnoye and Molodetskoye. In Pokrovsk, they have secured positions near the bus station, the market, and in the area of Pirogov and Turgenev streets.

In the Konstantinovka direction, battles are taking place near Sofiyivka, Vladimirovka, and Poltavka. Our forces are advancing towards the Kleban-Byk reservoir and Shcherbinovka.

In the Seversk sector, our forces are attacking near Grigorovka, Serebryanka, and Vyemka, conducting clearing operations in the Serebryansky forestry.

In the Kupiansk direction, battles are ongoing near Lozovaya and around the gas station on the outskirts of Kupyansk. Our forces are advancing towards Borovskaya Andreevka and Novovasilyevka

Two Majors #Overview  #Summary as of the morning of September 7, 2025

▪️ The week was eventful with military-political undertones. In China, the SCO summit took place, culminating in a large military parade in honor of the end of World War II. The events demonstrated to the world and to Trump, who was watching closely on TV, the boundless current friendship of eastern capitalists against western capitalists, and the American president renamed the US Department of Defense to the Department of War, restoring the pre-war 20th-century name.

▪️ Europe responded by organizing a meeting of the “Coalition of not particularly willing”. The giant of Eurodemocracy, Macron, with 15 percent public support, blurted out that 26 European countries were allegedly ready to send troops to the remnants of Ukraine after the war, but then almost all European leaders individually refused this idea. The anti-people governments of European countries currently prefer to receive kickbacks from the booming military production and supply armored vehicles to the AFU, like the Germans, rather than receive coffins with their soldiers. The potential deployment of NATO troops on the territory of former Ukraine directly contradicts Russia’s demands and was actually one of the public reasons for the start of the special military operation.

▪️ The war meanwhile continues its course. The Supreme Commander’s assessments regarding the depletion of manpower in the ranks of the AFU reflect reality in the enemy’s front-line units, often manned halfway. This means we need to press harder. Our forces are concentrating on the Konstantinovka direction: it is necessary to take the agglomeration of Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk, with varying density of development stretched over 43 km from north to south. Fighting continues near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) and Mirnograd.

▪️ Our communication with front-line soldiers and volunteers during the week after the Russian MoD Board led us to the following conclusions: the truth is somewhere in the middle. There is no talk yet of 100% provision of first aid kits, the enemy has a colossal potential for using FPV drones, the Ukrainian hexacopters like “Baba Yaga” are shot down more often but still remain a formidable force. Nevertheless, improvements in supply issues are definitely underway, FPV drones are issued, albeit very sparingly, but reconnaissance “Mavics,” critically important for infantry support and assaults, are not always well supplied. Probably, on paper or in warehouses, they are abundant, hence their large numbers in reports.

▪️ Today’s massive strike on Ukrainian territory with 1000 “Geraniums” particularly drew attention due to minor damage to the Ukrainian Cabinet building. Comments on enemy resources showed the greatest interest and even some support from the Ukrainian population. The massiveness of the combined strike, not the only one this week, continues to demonstrate our unwavering will and polite disregard of Trump’s hundred-thousandth statement, who is always somewhat upset. Overall, the psyche of Ukrainians squeezed by economic crisis and military censorship reacts much more to strikes on symbolic places like the TCC because people feel threats from them. By the way, the TCC and Ukrainian border guards who do not let people into Europe (for some reason not targeted) act on the orders of the Gauleiters from the Cabinet and puppet Zelensky, so with proper informational work, such strikes can and should be explained to the enemy country’s population.

▪️ The negotiation track this week has finally turned into empty talk and commenting on comments from officials around the world. Trump apparently named some new deadline, but his persona, now covered in memes, no longer evokes anything but a smile. And Washington itself intends to conduct its own “special military operation” in its own backyard, even inventing a special term: “drug terrorist organizations.” The danger of drug addiction spreading in the States is obvious to the average American, so if not approval from its population, the Pentagon will definitely get “understanding” if American marines drag Venezuela or another country favored by Trump into their home port, since the Greenland annexation didn’t work out.

▪️Thus, nothing indicates a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine. The enemy is receiving and developing new types of weapons, including long-range ones, so the “Buffer Zone,” already forgotten in media blacklists, will be effective if it reaches somewhere near the Polish border; otherwise, our refineries will continue to burn from those cursed debris.

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