Russia’s war on Ukraine. 04.10.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops attacked near Kindrativka, Andriivka, Yunakivka, and Sadky.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kostyantynivka, Oleksiivka, and Sadky.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops advanced along the railway in the western part of Vovchansk and captured the railway station, tried to advance in the forested areas near Synelnykove, and attacked near Vovchanski Khutory.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in the center of Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops advanced west and south along the P07 Kupyansk – Chuhuiv highway, and attacked near Kupyansk, in the direction of Kolodyazne, near Kamyanka, Novovasylivka, Krasne Pershe, Pishchane, Bohuslavka, Borivska Andriivka, Zelenyi Hai, and Hrekivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kindrashivka and Holubivka.
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops attacked near Serednie, Shandryholove, Drobysheve, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Torske, Zarichne, and Yampil.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Zarichne and Yampil.
On the Siversk direction, Russian troops try to enter the southern outskirts of Zvanivka, the northern outskirts of Dronivka, and attacked near Siversk, Serebrianka, Vyimka, and Ivano-Dariivka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian troops tried to advance in the center and north of Volodymyrivka, and attacked near Chasiv Yar, Predtechyne, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Toretsk, Kleban-Byk, Ivanopillya, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Rusyn Yar, and Poltavka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops advanced southwest of Toretske, east of Kucheriv Yar, in the northwestern part of Shakhove, east of Dorizhne, west of Zaporizhzhia, and the northern outskirts of Lysivka, tried to advance west and northwest of Pankivka, southwest of Rodynske, south of Krasnyi Lyman, in the north, east, and southeast of Pokrovsk, west of the city, and attacked near Nove Shakhove, Novotoretske, Razyne, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Myrnohrad, Promin, Novoukrainka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and Zvirove.
Ukrainian Defense Forces hold positions and advance in the southern part of Pokrovsk.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops advanced to the eastern outskirts of Ivanivka, tried to advance northwest of Yalta, to the center of Ivanivka, and attacked near Novoserhiyivka, Orikhove, Filiya, Novokhatske, Tovste, Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Komyshuvakha, Novomykolayivka, Sosnivka, Vorone, and Berezove.
Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated Sosnivka and Verbove.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian troops tried to advance north and southeast of Novohryhorivka, east of Novovasylivske, east of Okhotnyche, and attacked near Poltavka, Novoivanivka, Vyshneve, in the direction of Uspenivka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops attacked near Mala Tokmachka, Pyatykhatky, Lobkove, Stepove, Plavni, Kamianske, Stepnohirsk, and Prymorske.
General conclusion:
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops significantly reduced the activity of reconnaissance and sabotage groups on the northern and northwestern outskirts of Kupyansk.
On the Lyman direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces use unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) for logistics tasks, evacuation, fire impact, and capturing prisoners of war.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops are most active near Zvirove and Myrnohrad, and enemy reconnaissance and sabotage groups continue attempts to penetrate Pokrovsk.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops attacked near Stepove, trying to bypass Stepnohirsk from the east, and their attempts to advance along the Kakhovka Reservoir may threaten Ukrainian logistical routes in the direction of Zaporizhzhia. The capture of Stepnohirsk will allow the enemy to use drones for strikes on Zaporizhzhia and key logistical routes in this area.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 159 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian forces repelled 8 Russian attacks.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, 13 enemy attacks were stopped in the areas of Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Kamyanka, and Krasne Pershe.
On the Kupyansk direction, 3 attacks by the invaders took place. The enemy’s assault actions were repelled in the areas of Kupyansk, Radkivka, and towards Pishchane.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times, trying to wedge into the Ukrainian defense near Hrekivka, Karpivka, Serednie, Shandryholove, Kolodyazi, and Torske.
On the Siversk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 5 enemy attacks near Serebrianka, Vyimka, Pereyizne, and towards Yampil and Dronivka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and Poltavka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 56 assaults by the aggressor were stopped in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Razyne, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Myroliubivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiyivka, and Filiya.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy carried out 28 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Sosnivka, Vorone, Sichneve, Novoivanivka, Novohryhorivka, and towards Novomykolayivka.
On the Huliaypole direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 7 Russian attacks in the area of Poltavka.
On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy made an attempt to breach the Ukrainian defense in the direction of Novoandriivka.
On the Prydniprovske direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully stopped an enemy attack.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out drone air strikes on the Kirishi Oil Refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, and the Orsknefteorgsintez Oil Refinery in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast using the An-196 Liutyi drone.
Ukrainian Defense Force also struck the Syren railway station, and military facilities near Feodosia, Kerch, and the Belbek military airfield in the occupied Crimea.
Special Operations Forces of Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the P-14f Lena long-range detection radar near the Buturlinovka airbase, and the Sopka-2 route radar complex in Garmashevka, Voronezh Oblast using strike drones.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
Units of the “Rubicon” Center for Advanced Unmanned Technology strike near Nova Sich.
The 98th Airborne Division and the 238th Artillery Brigade of the 8th Combined Arms Army operate near Kostyantynivka. The 68th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian positions near Raiske, Sofiivka, and Shakhove.
The 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army, the 100th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade of the 58th Combined Arms Army, and the 3rd Separate SOF Brigade operate in the tactical zone of Dobropillya. The 1438th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 41st Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian positions in Lysivka, and the 14th Artillery Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army operates near Kozatske.
Possible operation situation developments:
According to the assessment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the enemy will not be able to achieve the goal of the so-called special military operation to capture the entire Donetsk Oblast by the end of 2025. Provided current dynamics of combat operations are maintained, the enemy will be able to capture Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, and Kupyansk no earlier than the end of the year and reach the close approaches to Zaporizhzhia and the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration by early winter.
The command of the enemy’s “Sever (North)” Operational Grouping, in cooperation with the right flank of the “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping, will expand its bridgehead northeast of Velykyi Burluk in the Southern Slobozhansky direction and will try to capture Khatnie.
On the Kupyansk direction, the forward units of the 6th Combined Arms Army will try to bypass Kupyansk as deeply as possible, primarily from the west and northwest in the direction of Radkivka – Myrne, in the general direction of the Chuhuiv – Kupyansk highway, and take control of the Mala Shapkivka – Velyka Shapkivka – Kindrashivka – Tyshchenkivka area.
On the Lyman direction, the command of the “Zapad (West)” Operational Grouping will try to create conditions for the further capture of Lyman, for which the Operational Grouping’s troops will push into the area of Yarova – Novoselivka – Drobysheve – Pryshyb and block Lyman from the northwest, cutting all main routes that do not cross the Siverskyi Donets River. The enemy will try to completely push the Defense Forces units out of the area where the Chornyi Zherebets River flows into the Siverskyi Donets River and occupy Yampil. The ability of the “Khortytsia” Operational-Strategic Group of Troops to hold the Novoselivka – Stavky line is acquiring important operational significance.
Russian troops will try to cut off the H20 Kostyantynivka – Sloviansk highway. For this purpose, they will attack in the directions of Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka and Druzhkivka, complicating the logistics of the 19th Combined Arms Corps of the Defense Forces in Kostyantynivka, thereby contributing to the capture of the “fortress belt.” The enemy command prepares an offensive on Kostyantynivka and Druzhkivka, which involves delivering concentric strikes simultaneously from the northeast, from the direction of Chasiv Yar, from the southeast, from the direction of Toretsk and the Kleban-Byk reservoir, and from the southwest, from the Poltavka – Novoolenivka line.
On the Pokrovsk direction, the Defense Forces counterattack along the Kazennyi Torets River from south to north and in the direction of Volodymyrivka – Novotoretske. This action threatens to envelop a portion of the enemy’s 51st Combined Arms Army. This enemy force attempts to break through to the Shevchenko – Biletske – Rodynske – Hryshyne area to block the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s defense sector in the Pokrovsk – Myrnohrad agglomeration from the north. In the near future, the forward units of the army are expected to reach the northern and northeastern outskirts of Myrnohrad.
On the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy’s “Vostok (East)” Operational Grouping will be forced to stretch the front in the southern direction, striving to level the front line in the northern direction, accelerating the advance of its left flank. The 5th Combined Arms Army will advance on a wide front in the directions of Komyshuvakha – Ternove and Zaporizhzhia – Berezove, in addition, it will continue to fight for Novoivanivka and Novomykolayivka, while trying to advance north of Olhivske.
On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue the local offensive operation, trying to break through along the left bank of the Dnipro River from the Plavni – Kamianske line to Stepnohirsk and from the Stepove – Mali Shcherbaky line in a northern direction.
On the Prydniprovske direction, the command of the enemy’s “Dnepr” Operational Grouping will continue trying to take control of most of the island zone in the Dnipro delta in the direction of Kherson, will try to create a tactical bridgehead on the right bank, and to eliminate the tactical bridgeheads of the 30th Marine Corps of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the area of the automobile and railway bridges near Antonivka.
Russian operational losses from 23.02.22 to 04.10.25
Personnel - almost 1,114 380 (+950);
Tanks – 11,226 (+1);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,298 (+1);
Artillery systems – 33,428 (+15);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,515 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,222 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 63,398 (+73);
Aircraft - 427 (0);
Helicopters – 346 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 66,543 (+450);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,803 (+10);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of October 4, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 109 strike drones and three Iskander ballistic missiles; Air Defense Forces shot down and suppressed 73 drones, while three missile hits and 36 drone hits were recorded in 21 locations, and debris fell in four locations.
On the night of October 4, Chernihiv suffered another Russian drone attack. A fire broke out as a result of the hits. Several important electricity supply facilities were damaged during the drone attack. Emergency power outages affected about 50,000 consumers.
Russian invaders shelled Kherson with artillery on October 4; a woman and two children aged 8 and 17 were wounded.
During the day on October 4, Russian troops carried out two strikes on the railway station in the Shostka community of Sumy Oblast, precisely hitting a passenger train on the Shostka–Kyiv route. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dozens of people were injured, including three children, and the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor’s Office specified that as of 1:00 PM, at least eight people—Ukrzaliznytsia employees and passengers—were wounded. One person died. Due to Russian strikes on Sumy Oblast on October 4, the city of Shostka and part of the district are without power.
During the day, the Russians launched a missile at Chernihiv Oblast. Details are not reported.
On October 4, 2025, at about 11:20 AM in the Seredyna-Buda community, the enemy attacked a boat with fishermen on the lake with a drone. As a result of the invaders’ attack, a 63-year-old man died, and his 65-year-old companion was wounded.
In Kharkiv Oblast, on October 4 at about 11:40 AM, Russian troops carried out an artillery shelling of the village of Husynka, Kupyansk district. A 57-year-old woman who was walking along the street at that time died. Residential buildings were damaged in the settlement.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast suffered about 20 enemy attacks during the day on October 4. In Nikopol district, a 71-year-old woman was injured by Russian attacks. Eight private houses, several outbuildings, a passenger car, and a truck were damaged. The power transmission line and a gas pipeline were affected.
In Sumy Oblast, 9 people were wounded during the day on October 3, including an 8-year-old child. In total, during the day on October 3, Russian troops carried out 198 attacks on 50 settlements in Sumy Oblast.