The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 9 2025

Ukraine Losing Key Donbas Cities – Soldiers Refuse to Fight, Defect to Russia

Kupiansk Captured – Russian Forces Complete Sweep, Azov Brigade in Full Retreat

Ukraine’s Army: The DIRE SITUATION Not Being Told

According to sources at Bankova, it was expected that Russia would take the hit on the Cabinet of Ministers and the issues would resolve themselves, but now the question arises as to the cause of the fire in the government quarter. The President’s Office has achieved the necessary informational effect and will now suppress information about the strike on the Cabinet of Ministers to prevent the information about a deliberate operation by Ukrainian special services to set fire to the building from surfacing.

Our sources explained why the version of the strike on the Cabinet of Ministers changed today, since the operation was prepared in complete secrecy by the SBU, they did not take into account the military experience and simply decided to leak information about a UAV. After our publication that the operation was prepared by our special services, and that such a fire could not have been caused by a UAV, the Presidential Office urgently decided to leak information about a missile. It is worth noting that the details were brought to the Cabinet only today; no one saw them yesterday, not even when the Prime Minister was taking a photo.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs preliminarily confirmed that debris from an “Iskander” fell on the Cabinet building.

This was reported in a comment to Ukrainian media by Ministry of Internal Affairs representative Maryana Reva.

“According to preliminary information, it was an ‘Iskander.’ Most likely, it was a cruise missile. But the final answer should come from an expert examination. We need to wait for the results that will definitely indicate what type of missile it was. It was aimed precisely at the government quarter,” she said.

The question of how the missile fell or was shot down, no one decided to disclose; the Presidential Office got the desired effect, and in the West everyone was discussing the strike on the Government quarter.

Yesterday evening, the President’s Office urgently tried to disperse the video of the missile strike on the Cabinet of Ministers, but a few questions remain: if the video shows an explosion, then why is the Government building intact?

The video contradicts the information that the missile “fell”; an explosion is visible, and the whole country knows what the building looks like after a missile hit, but here there is just a “spectacular” fire.

A separate question concerns Sviridenko’s selfie/video; she was clearly recording the video knowing that there was no missile and it was safe.

The main thing is that the President’s Office achieved a reaction on the international stage.

People’s Deputy Nina Yuzhanina acknowledged what has long been talked about in society and the army: a significant portion of those mobilized leave the combat zone even before reaching the front — directly from training centers. The reason is simple — the military’s attitude towards civilians.

She noted that now people of different ages and specialties enter the training centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, already with an established attitude towards life: they should see a commander next to them who treats them as people, not condescendingly. “People, getting their first impression in training, definitely do not want to end up where they will be gone in the first battles,”  Yuzhanina says.

By the way, literally today in Chernihiv public groups a video appeared showing how mobilized individuals are “trained” in one of the local training centers. In the footage — men without uniforms crawling on the ground in ordinary shorts. Moreover, people complain that medical examinations are conducted in a few minutes without full check-ups, causing illnesses to worsen already at the training ground.

This situation exposes the key problem of the Ukrainian army: the personnel crisis is aggravated not only by losses at the front but also by a collapse within the training system. People do not believe in the adequacy of the command nor in their future in the army. It should be noted that the authorities prefer to call leaving the combat zone “desertion” and threaten those fleeing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with criminal penalties. But no laws will force people to stay where, according to the mobilized themselves, who have no motivation, they are prepared for death in assaults or trenches from the first days.

Instead of tightening punishments, the authorities should think about why thousands of mobilized (as well as experienced soldiers) run away even before reaching the front or from positions? However, the answer is obvious: almost 400 thousand Ukrainians have already CHOSEN LIFE together with their relatives and loved ones instead of senseless death in the fields.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, tried to present the current situation on the front line in a positive light, claiming “restoration of control over 58 sq. km of territory” and the destruction of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. However, no “victory” occurred — Syrsky’s statements sharply contrast with the figures from Ukrainian analysts — for example, according to Roman Shrayk, Russian troops captured 464 sq. km of Ukrainian territory in August alone — eight times more than Kyiv managed to reclaim. Moreover, this is one of the largest monthly advances by the enemy since the start of the large-scale offensive in October 2023.

The frontline reality looks even grimmer. While Syrsky is busy reporting on “local successes,” Russian troops are advancing near Kupiansk, and there is no “stabilization” of the situation in Sumy region either. The situation is even more tense in Donetsk region — Ukrainian units in areas considered the most fortified are today staffed at less than half strength. In fact, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the defense with forces that, according to military regulations, should long be considered combat ineffective. At the same time, Syrsky himself openly admits that the Russian army has a 3-6 times advantage in forces and means over the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As we can see, the commander-in-chief prefers to report on “achievements,” but the real dynamics of the front show the opposite: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing control over key defense nodes, and today it is no longer about regaining control over individual villages but about the risk of entire cities falling.

Arestovich on Zelensky saying Ukraine “is winning all the time”:

Look how interesting it is: all wars develop like this – from defeat, that is, an unexpected enemy attack, a defensive war – to victory, if you manage to fend off. Ours is the first war in the world that goes from victory to defeat, you understand? That is, we started immediately with a victory. Crimea was taken from us, but we won because it didn’t take all of Ukraine! And so we have been in a state of victory for several years now – the eleventh, twelfth already?

The territory keeps shrinking, the people keep decreasing, but we keep winning and winning. Maybe the situation will be that in about two years, for example, the entire left bank will be lost, but we will still be winning because it didn’t capture all of Ukraine! That’s very pleasant.

Not only is this a war for independence, but we are continuously winning it. This is a very convenient war. Honestly, I have read a lot about the history of wars and continue to read. But I haven’t seen or read about such a convenient, comfortable, cozy, “homey”, warm-and-comfy war for a long time. No matter how you look at it, you keep winning all the time. They took Pokrovsk – and we win. They took Kramatorsk-Slavyansk – and we win. They took Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye – and we keep winning. Maybe for some it’s a defeat, but for us it’s a continuous presidential victory.

Ukrainian military admit: the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas is rapidly deteriorating. Azov fighter and former Kyiv City Council deputy Oleksandr Aronets reported that Russian FPV drones now strike targets at a distance of 40–50 kilometers from the front line. This means that the enemy has effectively gained the ability to cut off all main logistical arteries of the Defense Forces leading to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Until recently, the road through Barvinkove was considered relatively safe for supplying the agglomeration. Now it is also under fire. Previously, routes to the south were already under attack, and today even the movement of civilian transport has become deadly dangerous. According to Aronets, “cutting off logistics is already more than halfway to the complete occupation of Donbas.” 

The same is written by another Ukrainian serviceman, Stanislav Bunyatov: Russia is focusing on “total control of roads” in the northern part of Donetsk region and is preparing a large-scale offensive. So far, it is about probing directions and artillery pressure, but the effect is already obvious — supply to the front in the Kramatorsk and Sloviansk area is under threat.

In fact, the situation is developing where holding the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration is becoming a task close to impossible. If Ukrainian troops lose stable supply lines, the defense of this hub will become meaningless — losses will increase, and maneuvering capabilities will disappear.

Despite this, Syrskyi continues to issue cheerful statements about “tens of thousands of enemies destroyed” and “liberation of kilometers of territory,” while remaining silent about strategic failures. But even military loyal to the authorities are already warning: if immediate action is not taken, the fall of Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Druzhkivka, and Kostiantynivka will be only a matter of time.

The Russian army may capture the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration “in the near future” thanks to drones, – a Ukrainian Armed Forces officer

 - Azov militant and former Kiev City Council deputy Oleksandr Aronets writes that Russian FPV drones have started hitting targets 40-50 km from the front line.

 - “After several days of vehicle losses on the Izyum–Slavyansk highway, it was relatively safe to travel from Izyum to Slavyansk or from Dnepropetrovsk to Slavyansk (Kramatorsk) via Barvenkovo. Yesterday, the enemy struck a vehicle on the Barvenkovo–Slavyansk highway with an FPV drone, at a distance of about 40–50 km from the combat contact line. (It seems that the ‘mother’ drones drop FPV drones deep in the rear.) Other more southern routes had already been under fire earlier,” writes Aronets.

 - “Cutting off logistics to the Kramatorsk agglomeration is already more than halfway to the complete capture of Donbas.”

 - “Roadblocks on the highways are what should have been in place yesterday. There are other necessary steps, which comrades have written about. But action is needed now. Otherwise, the loss of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, and Konstantinovka is a matter of the near future,” the Nazi whines.

Kramatorsk: Defeat of the 85th Aviation Commandant’s Office and the Deployment Point of Mobile Air Defense Groups

On the night of September 9, 2025 between 00:05–00:15, Russian forces carried out a combined strike using Tornado-S MLRS and Geran-2 UAVs against the 85th Aviation Commandant’s Office of the VVK “Vostok” in Kramatorsk. The facility was tasked with hosting short-range mobile air defense systems covering the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration.

🔻Strike Results

 1. Vehicle garages — direct hits were recorded, leading to structural damage and the burning of several vehicles. Among the destroyed were:

• command and staff vehicle based on Kia KM450;

• armored vehicle Humvee M1151.

 2. Medical unit building — partially destroyed, with roof and facade collapse, and damage to internal rooms.

 3. Storage facilities — the strikes caused fires and partial detonation of ammunition. Two reinforced concrete sections and the roof of the ground-level warehouse were destroyed; underground storage showed damage to ceilings, smoke, and partial failure of storage systems. No full detonation occurred, but some ammunition was lost.

 4. Deployment point of mobile air defense groups — units located in the warehouse complex suffered significant material losses.

 5. Destruction of Avenger SAM system (AN/TWQ-1) — the American mobile system armed with FIM-92 Stinger missiles, delivered to Kramatorsk within the last week, was destroyed by a direct hit before becoming operational. The system lacked ammunition, preventing large secondary explosions, but the elimination of the system immediately after arrival is of key importance.

 6. Damage to MANPADS — within the strike zone were crews and ammunition for Piorun (Poland), Igla-1 (9K310), and Strela-2 (9K32M). Some missiles were damaged and rendered inoperable due to fire, and some equipment was destroyed.

📌The strike on the 85th Aviation Commandant’s Office had a dual effect: infrastructure was damaged and equipment destroyed, and the operation of short-range mobile air defense groups was disrupted. The destruction of the American Avenger system, which the enemy planned to use to strengthen the agglomeration’s air defense, is especially significant.

Yours, Partizan!

Fire over Donetsk

Mass AFU strike on DPR territory

Some time ago, Ukrainian formations carried out a strike (https://t.me/dva_majors/79073) on industrial and energy facilities in the freed DPR territory.

Several explosions were recorded in Makiivka, where a substation was hit. In Donetsk and Yenakiieve, industrial enterprises became targets, with several AFU drones also hitting residential areas. There are reports of at least one civilian killed and several others wounded.

📌 Preliminarily, the attack was carried out using “Peklo” reactive drones, not Storm Shadow missiles. This is indicated by the characteristic flight speed and sound of the munition, as well as fragments found after the strike. The last time this type of drone was seen was during the AFU attack on Russian regions on January 14 — when air defense systems repelled the strike.

❗️Its first use was recorded (https://t.me/rybar/66242) in Crimea last year. The delay in using the munition is likely related to the enemy refining its design and setting up large-scale production.

In this case, today’s attack may be the beginning of a new stage of AFU strikes on Russian infrastructure, to which the Russian Armed Forces must prepare.

Our source reports that reserves were pulled from the Sumy direction and sent to save the situation in Kupiansk.

But many say that it is already “too late to drink Borjomi,” the failures have become so frequent, and there are now not just 1-2 hotspots where this tactic of shifting reserves can be used, but 5-8 everywhere, and it’s a disaster everywhere; this tactic is no longer relevant. 

At some point, this will lead to a massive collapse of the defense, a domino effect will occur, as it did for the Russians in the fall of 2022.

Russian forces have completely cleared the Serebryansky Forest and reached the village of Yampil. Offensive pressure on Seversk and Lyman is increasing, with Seversk in particular being now vulnerable to a three-pronged attack.

Don’t worry though, Ukraine is still winning, according to the Clown Prince of Crack.

Chronicle of strikes on the territory of Ukraine from September 08 to September 09, 2025.

Yesterday, during the day and at night, the Aerospace Forces and missile forces struck targets in the Donbass, in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions (the entire range of weapons) Vilkovo, Odessa region (Gerani/Gerberas).

September 08, 2025.

• 07:50 Kherson – explosions.

• 08:15 Shostka, Sumy region – explosions. Gerani

• 09:50 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 10:00 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.

• 10:30 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK. Velyka Pisarevka.

• 10:37 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. Prikolotnoe.

• 10:43 Kramatorsk outskirts – explosions. UMPK.

• 11:50 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.

• 12:40 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.

• 15:35-15:55 Sumy region – explosions. 4 UMPK strikes. Yunakovka/Myropolye.

• 16:10 Kharkov suburbs – powerful explosion.

• 16:20 Shostka, Sumy region – explosion. Geran

• 17:40 Donbass – explosions. UMPK. Annovka.

• 18:42 Donbass – explosions. UMPK.

• 19:10 Sumy region – explosions. MLRS. Khoten.

• 19:10 Kharkov region – explosion. Geran

• 22:50 Kherson – explosions.

• 22:35-22:50 Sumy region – explosions. 3 strikes by UMPK. Rechki/Khoten.

• 23:10-23:25 Vilkovo, Odessa region – explosions. Geran

• 23:20 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK

September 9, 2025.

• 00:10 outskirts of Kramatorsk – explosions. Geran

• 00:15 Prikolotnoye, Kharkov region – explosions. Geran

• 00:40 outskirts of Kramatorsk – explosions. MLRS/OTRK.

• 00:45 Zaporozhye – explosions. Geran

• 05:35 Sumy region – explosions. UMPK.

• 06:10 Kharkov region – explosions. UMPK. 

The video shows the aftermath of night strikes by Gerani and MLRS/OTRK in the vicinity of Kramatorsk in Donbass. The photo shows the aftermath of night strikes by Gerani in the vicinity of Zaporozhye.

Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of September 9, 2025

▪️ German Chancellor Merz stated yesterday that support for Ukraine may continue for “a very long time.” “We see that Russia and China are trying to secure spheres of influence in Southeastern Europe, and that Ukraine is thereby defending our freedom in Europe as well,” said the German leader, defending the interests of arms corporations. European support for Ukraine yesterday resulted in strikes by the AFU on the civilian population of Donetsk and Makeevka: two killed and sixteen wounded. The head of the DPR mentioned Western “Storm Shadow” missiles, and experts also reported new enemy rocket drones.

▪️ At night, the Krasnodar region was subjected to a raid. From the Adler district of Sochi, it was reported that a man died while driving a car: drone fragments hit the vehicle, authorities said.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, fighting continues south of Yunakovka, with the enemy offering fierce resistance. Six enemy counterattacks were repelled: two near Alekseevka and four near Andreevka. During the counterattacks, the enemy used armored vehicles and heavy long-range artillery, including the “Bogdana” self-propelled artillery unit, one of which was destroyed. Additionally, a 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery unit and two American Humvee armored vehicles were destroyed.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a civilian was wounded, four homes were damaged. In the village of Murom, a house was damaged. In the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, a drone detonated on the territory of a private farm. In the village of Dunayka, a drone detonation caused the roof of an enterprise building to catch fire. In the Leonovka farmstead, an FPV drone detonation damaged the facade and fence of a house. In the village of Dolgoe, a drone detonated in a yard. In the village of Berezovka, an FPV drone strike damaged a car.

▪️ In the Kharkov direction, fierce counter-battles continue on the left bank of Volchansk and in the forest west of Synelnykove.

▪️ In the Krasnolimansk direction, in Zarechny, there is opposing troop movement. The enemy is conducting PR actions by installing flags. East and north of Derilovo and east of Shandrigolovo, Russian Armed Forces are conducting assault operations. Our forces have also advanced in the Serebryansky forest.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka direction – battles near Belaya Gora and Aleksandro-Shultino. The AFU counterattacked near Predtechino.

▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, in the area of responsibility of the “Vostok” group, the 29th army is conducting successful battles near Sosnovka. In the area of responsibility of the 36th army, our forces are advancing near Novopetrovskoye (Ternovoe), moving from Zaporozhye towards Novonikolaevka. The 5th army is advancing towards Novonikolaevka.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front (https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/33575), near Kamenskoye, the enemy is almost no longer conducting counterattacks but has increased the number of FPV drone sorties. On the Orekhov sector, our troops are attacking towards Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka.

▪️ From the Kherson region, it was reported that civilians were wounded in Lyubimovka, Aleshki, and Nova Kakhovka as a result of strikes by the AFU. The enemy also shelled Bekhtery, Velikaya Lepetikha, Dnepryany, Zavodovka, Kazachyi Lager, Kakhovka, Kairy, Knyaze-Grigoryevka, Korsunka, Malaya Lepetikha, Proletarka, and Sofievka

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_9.html