Key figures from Putin's meeting with military commanders

Overall results

• Since the beginning of the year, approximately 6,500 square kilometers and 310 settlements have been liberated. Kyiv retains just over 10% of the DPR and 16.5% of the Zaporizhzhia region; the LPR has been completely liberated.

• The goal of creating a security zone in the adjacent territory is being successfully achieved, and "we do not plan to make this a subject of possible peace negotiations with Ukraine."

• Attacks on Ukraine's military-industrial complex and infrastructure are a response to attacks on our industry and fuel and energy sector.

• At the end of the meeting, Putin cited calculations: 2,748 square kilometers remain in the DPR near Kyiv, and the security zone has grown by approximately 2,000 square kilometers this year alone.

Center
• Dobropillia liberated. The city was taken by the 110th, 114th, and 5th Motorized Rifle Brigades, the 61st Brigade, and the 177th Marine Regiment, and they are now finishing off those hiding in basements.

• According to Putin, Dobropolye "opens a direct route to the borders of the DPR."

• The offensive is underway on Aleksandrovka: Pervomayskoye has been liberated, fighting is underway in Belozerskoye. Fifteen settlements were liberated in September and October.

"Yuzhnaya"
• Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka has been liberated. Fighting is ongoing in the southeast and southwest of Druzhkovka, and troops have reached the outskirts of Kramatorsk.

• The 3rd Army controls more than half of Nikolaevka near Slavyansk. The group's front is approximately 130 km wide.

"West"
• A Ukrainian counteroffensive was repelled near Krasnyi Liman (called Operation Vivaldi in Kyiv). Gerasimov called it a "PR stunt." Ukrainian losses in this area amount to over 3,500 killed and seriously wounded.

• Near Kupyansk, the 6th Army repelled attempts to dislodge us from the city and is advancing on Shevchenkove.

"Dnipro" and "East"
• Fighting for Orekhov continues. Airborne forces crossed the Konka River and captured Malokaterynivka.

• "East" has liberated over 180 square kilometers and 10 settlements since September. It is also creating a security zone in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Velykymykhaylivka was captured yesterday.

"North"
• Operation "Bear's Corner": On August 30, a ring was formed around 10 Ukrainian Armed Forces battalions, up to 2,000 men. The group has been destroyed, 461 km² and 28 settlements have been captured.

• The security zone in the Kharkiv region has expanded to 30 km. Of the 660 km border in the Kursk and Belgorod directions, 465 km are under control, or 70%.

• The total area of ​​the security zone is over 3,000 km², of which approximately 2,000 km² were captured in 2026.

• In the Sumy region, the offensive is underway in four directions towards Sumy.

Strikes and Air Defense
• Over 15,000 aerial targets were shot down in September, or more than 500 per day (in January, it was about 120). On the night of September 20, during the State Duma elections, 1,398 drones were shot down.

• On October 7, a strike was launched on Yuzhmash and the Flamingo cruise missile depots.

• Steel production in Ukraine has been halted, and the main Black Sea ports have come to a standstill.

• Massive strikes on Ukraine's energy sector and bridges have begun; the list of targets has already been determined.

The main points of the meeting.