Pokrovsk‍

There have been 1500 airstrikes in the last three weeks (yellow dots). 40% of all the Russian airstrikes in Ukraine occur in the Pokrovsk/Kostiantynivka region. The number of attacks were 250/week in May, 325/week in June, 425/week in July, and 500 a week in August and September.

A note in regards of Russian UMPK-strikes (i.e. ‘KAB’ glide bombs released by the Russian Air-Space force): while we’re ‘recording the number deployed, we are also pursuing the ‘policy’ of _not reporting about their precision_. For a good reason. Enough said.

The Azov corps claims that 2427 Russians have been killed in its sector, while 1208 were wounded and 65 were captured.

The area between Dorozhnie and Rodynske is a gray zone with intensive bombardments and drone activity. Russian infiltration teams have been eliminated on the eastern edge of Bilytske. Because of the bombardments, the 79th Air Assault Brigade in Bilytske pulled back from the eastern edge of town in favor of the sturdier multi-story buildings in the center of town. The Russians also dropped bombs on two mine shafts north of Bilytske. Russian airstrikes didn’t start targeting Bilytske until July. In this image, the blue dots represent airstrikes from July 11-August 11, and the yellow dots represent airstrikes from August 11 until September 4th.

On rare occasions soldiers misidentify each other as friend or for, usually at night. With a mix of uniforms on both sides, and undefined front lines, two Russians misidentified a Ukrainian on the southern edge of Boikivka (green dot on map).

1700 meters south of Suvorove, Ukrainian drones attack Russians around a mining complex (pink dot on map).

Kriegsforscher said that with the large transfer of troops from Kursk there will be more AFV assaults. Russian Marines were seen in Selydove where an ammo depot caught fire. 9 km from the front lines, the Ivan Franko Group used drones and a HIMARS strike on 7 AFVs and 50-100 dismounted troops near Vozdvyzhenka.

The 425th Skala Regiment and 79th Air Assault Brigade withdrew from Myrne and Malynivka and Ukraine dropped a bomb in Malynivka and shelled the village.

The Ivan Franko drone group and three HIMARS rockets destroyed or immobilized 7 armored vehicle and killed or wounded 50-100 personnel 7 km east of Myroliubivka.

Smoke rises in several locations in Myrnograd.

The 425th Skala Regiment has been fighting over Kotlyne and Udachne for six months. It’s easier to defend a village, even the ruins of a village, than treelines and open fields. If Russia gained control over these two villages then it would be more difficult to defend the western side of Pokrovsk. And in August, Russia gained control over most of both villages. In a two week operation Udachne was first attacked with drones and then the 425th regained control over Udachne with infantry. Ukrainian troops had to contend with Russian drones, as well.

At the same time, other elements of the regiment cleared out isolated pockets of Russians in Novoeconomichne, much like they cleared out the small teams of Russians in Pokrovsk. As part of their operations last week, the 425th captured 26 Russians.

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Komar

The northern part of the sector remains stable but that’s not the case in the south. After pushing the Russians out of Vorone, the Russians not only took the village back, they pushed on to Sosnivka and entered Novoselivka.

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Zaporizhzhia

There is a report that a Russian command post in Voskresenka was hit 14 km from the front lines.

Two radars of a Russian S-300 system were destroyed in Oleksiivka, 50 km from the front line.

Always the ‘best’ illustration for the state of Ukrainian air defences along the frontline (i.e. the shortage of air defence missiles): a pair of Russian Su-25s fly over Malaya Tokmachka and drop bombs. Russia advanced 2000 meters closer to the town.

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Kherson

Probably because all the Russians, and all the US and Western experts are convinced this is impossible to do, an S-300 air defense system was destroyed by an airstrike.

A Russian drone team on the top of a grain silo in Hola Prystan quickly ended up on the ground floor.

Farmers are always contending with the environment. Oleksandr Hordiyenko, a farmer in southern Kherson, had half his crops damaged last April during a cold snap and the rains the fell on most of the country missed his lands. In early May, his tractor blew up after hitting a mine. And since his farm isn’t far from the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam, he is hunted by drones. Because of that, he always carried a rifle with him when he worked in the fields and he even shot some down. He said, "We Ukrainians have never given up our land. We worked it for years — how could I just leave it? I decided to fight." He wasn’t a soldier, but he fought his own war against the Russians. Last week, a Russian drone finally killed him, another achievement for the Russian empire.

Russians were dropping petal mines in Kyiv three years ago. Izium was also subjected to it. By October 2024, Russia was already dropping petal mines in Kherson, Antonivka, Shiroka Balka and Kozatske. They continued it in January 2025 and remote mining continues to this day.

Ukraine conducted another offshore raid on Tendra Spit in August and decided to release the video now. That raid destroyed a boat, a radar and an EW system. Because of the lack of Russian air defenses, Bayraktar drones are increasing the range of their missions in the northwest Black Sea. In this video a Bayraktar drone attacks Russians unloading from a boat onto Tendra Spit.

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Odesa

A conveyor belt caught fire at the port of Chornomorsk.

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Crimea

Two Mi-8 helicopters were hit at Hvardiiske air base and a tugboat was hit in Sevastopol Bay. An FSB facility was hit.

The RT-70 radar was used to increase the accuracy of Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system by 30%. It was destroyed, along with an S-400 radar, an air traffic control radar and a coastal radar.

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Unknown Location

Multiple Ukrainian drones enter a warehouse after the first drone takes out a net and they target personnel and vehicles.

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Black Sea

In a throwback to the Cold War, a Russian jet flies alongside a US P-8A reconnaissance aircraft.

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(…to be continued…)

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