Operational information on the Russian invasion (September 26)

The two hundred and fifteenth day of the Ukrainian nation’s heroic resistance to the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.

The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk region and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain areas. Fires at the positions of our troops along the contact line, try to restore lost positions in certain directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance.

Strikes civilian infrastructure and peaceful residential buildings, violating norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of war.

There is a threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine. For example, over the past day, the enemy launched 5 missiles and 12 air strikes, carrying out more than 83 attacks from multiple rocket-propelled grenades. Also, the enemy used 4 attack UAVs to strike civilian infrastructure objects.

More than 40 settlements were affected by enemy fire. These are, in particular, Kupyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Kamianka, Kurakhove, Pavlivka, Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol, Ochakiv, Mykolaiv and Odesa.
The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, the occupiers fired from tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery:

in the Seversky direction – in the area of ​​Oleksandrivka settlement of Sumy region;

in the Slobozhansk direction – in the areas of the settlements of Strelecha, Odnorobivka, Veterinarne, Gatishche, Kamianka, Golubivka and Senkove;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Novoselivka, Shchurove, Siversk, Hryhorivka, Belogorivka, Zakitne, Dibrova, Verkhnokamianske, Vesele, Rozdolivka, Ozerne and Spirne;

in the Bakhmut direction – Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Zaytseve, Klishchivka, Vesela Dolyna, Yakovlivka, Mayorsk, Nelipovka, Viimka and Bilogorivka;

in the Avdiivka direction – Avdiivka, Opytne, Pervomaiske, Novomykhailivka and Paraskoviivka.

18 settlements were shelled by tanks, mortars and barrel artillery in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. Among them are Yehorivka, Pavlivka, Zaliznychne, Novoandriivka, Gulyaipilske, Gulyaipole, Uspenivka, Novosilka, Vremivka and Chervone.

In the South Buzka direction, more than 27 settlements near the contact line were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling.

On the territory of the Russian Federation, measures of partial mobilization, announced by the Russian military and political leadership, are ongoing. Rostov region is closed for entry and exit. Persons who are not at the place of registration, through relatives, are ordered to appear within three days. Personnel arriving at assembly points in the Belgorod region are given a list of what they need to purchase at their own expense, in particular, warm clothing.

The enemy is also carrying out the mentioned measures in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. From September 24 of this year, in Sevastopol, at the base of the automobile battalion of the Black Sea Fleet, the training of the demobilized began.

In the city of Svatove, Luhansk region, summonses for mobilization are handed out to persons who have reached the age of eighteen. Individual citizens, and truck drivers, are immediately sent to military units.

At the same time, the enemy is trying to implement the declared illegal “referendum” in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Thus, in populated areas of the Zaporizhzhia region, representatives of the occupation authorities, together with the armed Russian military, conduct house-to-house rounds, forcing local residents to participate in the so-called “referendum”. In addition, such rounds are also aimed at identifying men. The enemy carries out the same measures in the populated areas of the Luhansk region.

The occupiers continue to suffer losses. Another accurate hit was confirmed on September 24 of this year in the area of ​​concentration of enemy equipment on the territory of the industrial zone within the city of Kherson. Previously, the enemy lost up to 10 units of military equipment, and losses in personnel are being specified.

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Spirne, Soledar, Mayorsk, Bakhmut, Pidgorodne, Vyimka, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Novomykhailivka, Pervomaiske, Kamianka, Pobyeda, and Pavlivka.

Aviation of the Defense Forces made 33 strikes. It was confirmed that 25 areas of concentration of the enemy’s manpower and military equipment and 8 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. In addition, air defense units destroyed one Su-25 aircraft, Mi-8 helicopter, and 2 enemy UAVs.

Missile troops and artillery, in particular, during the current day, hit 6 control points, 12 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment, 2 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems, 3 units of missile troops and artillery, 6 warehouses with ammunition, as well as 9 separate important targets.

We believe in victory! Let’s approach it together! Glory to Ukraine!

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