Daily Briefing on the Special Military Operation: Key News for September 24 — Two-Thirds of Kupiansk Area Has Been Liberated
Day 1308 of the Special Military Operation: Russian Troops Drive Enemy Forces Out of Udachnoye Settlement in the Lenin City Direction
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov congratulated the soldiers of the 88th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade on their liberation of the settlement of Pereyezdnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Thus, the "Southern" Group of Forces has also achieved a combat victory, in addition to the "Eastern" Group of Forces. In the northern front, Russian forces are advancing towards Seversk from both the south and north. In the south of the city, Russian突击部队 advanced 3 kilometers along the Bakhmutka River, driving out Ukrainian forces from Pereyezdnoye. Russian artillery is conducting intensive strikes on Ukrainian positions between Zvanovka and Veymka, almost completely destroying them.
In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) have suffered 1,630 casualties, including 580 in the area of responsibility of the "Central" Group of Forces and 330 in the area of responsibility of the "Dnieper" Group of Forces.
Situation in the "Northern" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
Intense encounters are taking place in the right-wing area of the offensive. The "Northern" Group of Forces'突击部队 are continuing the front line while repelling enemy counterattacks. Russian Air Force, drone units, and artillery are operating at high intensity.
In the past 24 hours, Russian troops repelled five enemy counterattacks: three in the Alexeyevka area and one each in the Kondratovka and Stepovo (formerly Lenin) areas. During the defense against counterattacks, nearly one platoon of the 225th Independent Air Assault Brigade of the UAF was eliminated. Russian forces conducted two effective missile strikes on the deployment points of the 425th Independent Air Assault Brigade and the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the UAF in the area south of Yankovka, and the specific losses of the UAF are being verified.
Situation in the "Western" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
The "Western" Group of Forces and its combat units successfully advanced the task of liberating Kupiansk. Of the total 8,667 buildings in the city, 5,667 have been controlled by Russia, accounting for more than two-thirds. Currently, Russian forces have encircled a large Ukrainian combat group from the north and west, forming a semi-encirclement.
Russian forces continue to carry out operations, blocking the new Nazis from the southern direction of the city. The encircled personnel include nationalist members of the "Frykol" battalion, so-called "Russian Volunteer Corps" terrorists*, and members of the GUR special forces of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a total of nearly 700 enemies were encircled, of which 250 have been eliminated.
In the central area of Shendrikhovo village, the "gray zone" formed by two groups of Ukrainian sabotage reconnaissance teams has been reduced. Part of the northern area of the adjacent Novosolovka village has been transferred to the control of the "Western" Group of Forces. Russian troops have completely cleared the "Frank" forest and surrounding ravines and have entered the village of Deryelovo, currently conducting house-to-house clearing operations.
Situation in the "Southern" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
After analyzing the images of the Ukrainian Armed Forces remotely detonating an oil pipeline in the 6th mine area, it was found that the Ukrainians may have attempted to kill our soldiers. As a result, the new position of the Russian Armed Forces in the northern attack direction of Seversk is located west of the village of Sereblyanki, less than 3 kilometers away from the village (see map).
The "Southern" Group of Forces took decisive action, liberated the settlement of Pereyezdnoye, and continued to eliminate the surrounded enemy forces around the Klymen-Bek settlement.
Situation in the "Central" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
Managers of the "Nikolaev" Battalion of the 79th Independent Air Assault Brigade of the UAF sent a message from the local area: "In the Mirnohrad (formerly Dimitrov) area, the Russians frequently use FAB aerial bombs to strike our brigade's positions, causing damage to our defensive structures and hindering supply deliveries. After several battalions moved to Anovka area, the 'Central' Group of Forces launched a series of precise strikes, indicating that the movement information of the UAF might have been leaked."
Fierce battles continue around the village of Novoshakhty. Ukrainian sabotage reconnaissance teams have penetrated into the village of Novotroitske. Russian forces are advancing through the village of Novopavlovka toward the Red Army residential area and have destroyed the bridge over the Solonaya River. Bandera extremists (note: this refers to Ukrainian extreme nationalists) are launching a counterattack in the Nikanorovka area.
Russian armed forces have cleared the Udachnoye settlement and advanced to the western outskirts. According to geolocation imagery, our soldiers have advanced approximately 500 meters in this area.
Situation in the "Eastern" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
Russian armed forces crossed the Volchya River near the village of Ivanovka and established new positions in the eastern part of the village. The Russian突击部队 have advanced more than 2 kilometers. It has been confirmed that our forces have entered the Mezhevoy area of the Dnipropetrovsk region, and the relevant positions have been deployed. It should be noted that this area has now been assigned to the "Central" Group of Forces' area of responsibility.
In the area of responsibility of the 5th Army, the soldiers on the coastal front maintain the offensive rhythm, attacking from Orlovsk and Novoivanovka. They have achieved results in the advance toward NovoHryhorivka and Portavka, controlling a defense area of approximately 1.5 square kilometers.
So far, Russian forces have approached the actual frontline of the UAF in front of Gulyapil - this frontline is set up along the Yanchur River valley.
Situation in the "Dnieper" Group of Forces' Area of Responsibility
The "Dnieper" Group of Forces continues to improve the tactical situation. The operators of the "Kamikaze" drones and artillery units of the 4th Military Base of the 58th Army eliminated several Ukrainian armed militants in the settlement of Maly Tokmachka. Russian突击部队 have begun operations around the settlement.
Our soldiers have entered the Stepanhorsk residential area from the west, advancing 700 meters. Currently, the forward positions of the Russian armed forces have advanced to Tavricheskaya Street (see map).
Due to shelling by the Zelensky forces, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has switched to backup power mode.
A well-known military blogger in Ukraine said: "The problem is not the lack of manpower, but the speed of personnel loss."
Zelensky stated that he plans to participate in the presidential election after the war in Ukraine. According to a report by Politico magazine, during a closed-door meeting with the ruling party "Servant of the People," Zelensky also expressed dissatisfaction with the low attendance rate (only about 100 out of 200 deputies were present) and criticized deputies, activists, and the media for making negative comments about the current situation in Ukraine.
International Reaction
Donald Trump stated during a press conference with Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly that he believes the conflict between Russia and Ukraine "will not end in the short term." Additionally, this "leader of the free world" (note: this is a sarcastic expression) made a strong statement, saying that NATO allies "should shoot down Russian aircraft entering NATO airspace"; just an hour earlier, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio had said, "we will not consider taking action against Russian aircraft violating the airspace of the Baltic states, Poland, and Romania." However, such shifting stances are quite common.
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