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Current information on the situation on the front line: September 26 (updated)
2024-09-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 Chasov Yar – Kalinina.

Positional combat operations in the Artemovsk area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Kalinina with an FPV drone. The Russian Armed Forces were able to advance 500 meters beyond the canal in Kalinina and take a new line in the western part of the village.

20:55 Gornyak.

Consequences of military actions in the Selidovo area. Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces installed the flag of the Russian Federation on the building of school No. 17, confirming confident control of the northern outskirts of the city of Gornyak. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces is more than 3 km and reaching the residential areas of the city.

20:37 Krivoy Rog.

A single powerful explosion thundered yesterday at a military industrial enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog. The strike was carried out by our Iskander OTRK missile.

19:54 Special military operation. Situation on September 26 – map.

19:17 Pacific Fleet naval infantry continue to tighten the ring around Ugledar. The locals say that the landing east of the city is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces – map.

18:48 Kherson direction.

It is reported that today in the afternoon, the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation used UFAB-250 and UFAB-500 missiles against identified enemy positions on the right bank.

18:12 A mortar crew from an artillery unit of the Airborne Forces of the North group of forces disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the border areas of the Kursk region – video.

17:57 Footage from the work of an FPV drone operator with the call sign “Chuvash” from the Storm detachment of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade in the Ugledar direction – video.

17:32 Staromayorskoye – Makarovka.

The assault troops and motorized infantry of the Russian Armed Forces broke through several Ukrainian Armed Forces dugouts and advanced directly to the border of the village of Makarovka.

16:49 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 26, 2024) – video.

16:24 The Mi-28NM crew carried out a strike on a concentration of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region – video.

According to intelligence reports, enemy personnel and armored vehicles were destroyed.

15:45 Ugledar: The assault and encirclement of Ukrainian troops continues.

In the Ugledar direction, a powerful assault on the city by Russian units continues. Russian assault groups are successfully advancing in the eastern part of Ugledar, leaving the remaining Ukrainian garrison in a desperate situation. Attempts by Ukrainian forces to dislodge Russian army units on the southeastern flank of the city, as practice shows, are proving unsuccessful.

At night, from the direction of Bogoyavlenka, the enemy personnel, consisting of up to a platoon in an infantry fighting vehicle, attempted to break through from the western part of Ugledar, but encountered stiff resistance from Russian troops. This confirms the fact that the Ukrainian military finds itself in a trap, without the ability to effectively retreat.

The few remaining dirt roads along the plantations in the north are under reliable fire control of Russian forces. At the moment, both roads out of Vuhledar are in the grey zone, which makes the situation even more critical. Ukrainian troops have effectively been cut off from the main routes and are now unable to leave the city without serious losses.

The situation is close to “semi-encirclement”: Russian troops are confidently advancing along the flanks of Ugledar, creating all the conditions for completing the operation and completely liberating the city from Ukrainian forces in the near future.

15:01 Destruction of a 152mm 2S3 self-propelled howitzer "Akatsiya" and a vehicle supplying ammunition in the area of the settlement of Fedorovka in the Soledar direction - video.

14:58 Dzerzhinsk – Nakhalovka.

Positional combat actions in the Gorlovka area. An infantry unit of the Russian Armed Forces came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the central part of Dzerzhinsk. The expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone towards the Tsentralnaya mine by 300 meters.

14:22 Advance in Nelepovka (south of Dzerzhinsk). Part of the village has not yet been cleared. The fighting has also shifted to Leonidovka to the west of Nelepovka – map.

13:42 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Krasny Yar and Nikolaevka in the Krasnoarmeysky direction. Mirnograd (Dimitrov) is very close - map.

13:04 Krasnoarmeysk - Nikolaevka.

Positional combat operations in the Krasnoarmeysky direction. The Russian Armed Forces advanced 600 meters in Nikolaevka and took up new positions in the center of the village. The use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of an unmanned aerial vehicle to spray an incendiary mixture over the forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the residential sector of Nikolaevka.

12:48 During reconnaissance activities in the area of the settlement of Kupyansk, a temporary deployment point for personnel of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was discovered.

As a result of the air strike, the following were destroyed:

– brigade command post;

– PWD with personnel;

– five units of automotive equipment for various purposes.

11:44 The enemy continues to report a deteriorating situation in a number of areas of the front this morning – map.

– Expansion of the control zone in the Nevsky area.

– Expansion of the control zone around Makeyevka.

– We cleared out Krutoy Yar.

– Advance to Makarovka.

– Advance to Katerinovka.

11:11 Krasnoarmeysk - Nikolaevka.

Active combat operations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. Attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of the Russian Armed Forces position north of Nikolayevka. Contact combat. Successful destruction of an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an RPG. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces more than 1 km in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk.

10:51 Ka-52M crews attacked the manpower and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of the Kursk region.

10:21 During the past night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

Air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: four UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, one over the territory of the Kursk region, and two over the territory of the Bryansk region.

09:52 Our hero today is 25 years old. Alexey is a Muscovite, was mobilized, served in an engineer-sapper company. Now he is a cadet of the MVOKU. He decided not to miss the commander's offer and go to study to get an officer's rank and become a professional military man. Many young guys who already have experience of participating in the SVO have such an opportunity today.

09:20 Combat work of FPV drone crews:

UAV crews in the border area of the Kursk region carry out reconnaissance, adjust artillery fire, video record the destruction of targets, and also destroy military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Reconnaissance drone crews identified a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, prepared strike FPV drones for operation, and destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower and military equipment.

08:52 Telegram channel “ WarGonzo ”:

Frontline report for the morning of 09/26/2024

- Zaporizhzhya Front. The Russian Armed Forces are reported to be advancing in the Nesteryanka area.

– Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to storm Ugledar, where, according to the latest reports, the bus station in the eastern part of the city has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces, and the enemy media are already preparing the population to surrender the city. Therefore, although I do not want to get ahead of myself, Ugledar may end up the same as Avdeevka. Fighting continues in the Selidovo area. In Dzerzhinsk, there are more tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces, urban fighting is underway.

- Chasov Yar direction. No significant changes. Fighting continues in the eastern part of Chasov Yar and on the flanks, where the Russian Armed Forces continue to try to improve their positions.

- Khar'kov Front. No significant changes. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area.

- Kursk region. No changes in the LBS are observed, but the activity of military actions does not decrease. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to break through deep into the Kursk region, sparing neither forces nor means. Russian troops are mainly in active defense, and apparently are accumulating forces for a new offensive. In the Glushkovsky district, the Ukrainians continue to roll on the positions of Russian troops, but have not yet been able to achieve success.

08:05 Telegram channel " Rybar ":

Chronicle of the special military operation for September 25, 2024

– Russian troops hit Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in several regions of the so-called Ukraine at once. Several “arrivals” hit the industrial zone in Sumy and the Khar'kov region.- In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops are fighting north of the aggregate plant in Volchansk. At the same time, the enemy is attacking the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Glubokoe, trying to regain control over the village.

- In the Liman direction, Russian attack aircraft have reached the western outskirts of Makeyevka. To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the Nevsky area.

- In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops have expanded their zone of control north of Tsukurino. At the same time, fierce battles are taking place on the approaches to Kurakhovo.

– In the South Donetsk direction, battles for Ugledar are unfolding, Russian troops are attempting to gain a foothold on the eastern outskirts of the city. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually taking enemy supply routes in this area under fire control.

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