▫️ Increasing the rate of advance in all directions

📊 Since the beginning of this year, more than 5,300 square kilometres of the territory and more than 220 settlements have been liberated. Moreover, in September, more than 670 square kilometres and 27 settlements were brought under Russian control.

📍 The Sever Group of Forces successfully continues to create a security belt in the border areas of Sumy and Kharkov regions.

💥 The destruction of AFU units, surrounded in the north-eastern part of Kharkov region, continues. Since 5 September, the territory controlled by the enemy has been reduced by 152 square kilometres. The Russian control was established over nine settlements (Berezniki, Ozernoye, Dolgenkoye, Zarubinka, Chernyakov, Shirokoye, Shevchenkovo, Olkhovatka, and Malaya Volchya). The enemy lost up around 700 troops.

↗️ The offensive in Zaporozhye region is actively developing. The formations and military units of the Vostok and Dnepr Groups are advancing on a wide front towards Zaporozhye. Since the beginning of September, they have liberated Chervonaya Krinitsa, Novopavlovka, Novoandreyevka, and Rozovka. Combats are carried out in the central quarters of the city of Orekhov.

💥 The most intensive combat operations are conducted on the approaches to Kramatorsk-Slavyansk Agglomeration.
The formations and military units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces and Tsentr Group of Forces cross the enemy's fortified lines of defence on the closest approaches to Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Druzhkovka. Street combats are underway in the central area of Doborpolye.

👉 Against the background of the high pace of Russian troops' advance in all directions, the Kiev authorities are once again trying to convince their Western supervisors of the AFU's ability to resist Russian army in the area of responsibility of the Zapad Group of Forces. To demonstrate this, the AFU command brought to the combat the most trained units and nationalist formations of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▫️ At the same time, with the help of Western media and military experts, the Kiev regime is conducting an aggressive information campaign trying to pretend the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successful on the battlefield and intercepting the initiative from the Russian troops.

❗️ In fact, small assault groups of the enemy, suffering significant losses and attempting to break through Russian combat formations close to the line of contact, falls flat. The Zapad Group's units thwart the AFU's raids, inflict fire damage on the enemy, and prevent his further actions.

🚩 Moreover, the Group's units are conducting successful combat operations to liberate the settlements of Chervony Oskol, Crymki, and Studenok. In Krasny Liman and Svyatogorsk, the clean-up of residential quarters from single servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues.

🔹Russian Defence Ministry