Russia's war on Ukraine. 06.09.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced northeast of Kindrativka and counterattacked near Oleksiivka, Varachyne, Andriivka, and Yunakivka.
Russian troops tried to advance south of Bezsalivka and Yunakivka, and attacked near Kindrativka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops attacked in the direction of Lyptsi and Kozacha Lopan, and near Vovchansk and Synelnykove.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops attacked near Kupyansk, Sobolivka, Radkivka, Kamyanka, Krasne Pershe, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and in the direction of Pishchane, Kolisnykivka, Novoplatonivka, Borivska Andriivka, Andriivka, Druzhelyubivka, and Hrekivka, and in the direction of Olkhivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces launched a UAV strike on an EW position in Svatove.
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops advanced northwest of Stavky, tried to advance north of Derylove, and on the northeastern outskirts of Zarichne, and attacked near Drobysheve, Shandryholove, and in the direction of Novoselivka and Yampil, and near Karpivka, Novyi Myr, Novomykhailivka, Kolodyazi, Torske, Zarichne, and Dibrova, and in the Serebriansk forest.
On the Siversk direction, Russian troops tried to advance along the northern outskirts of Siversk and to eastern Dronivka, and attacked in the direction of Dronivka, and near Hryhorivka, Serebrianka, and Vyimka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian troops were fighting for Markove, tried to advance north of Bila Hora, and attacked in the direction of Virolyubivka, and near Bondarne, Minkivka, Stupochky, Predtechyne, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Kleban Byk, Rusyn Yar, Poltavka, and Volodymyrivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in the direction of Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops advanced on the southwestern outskirts of Udachne, and attacked near Kucheriv Yar, Rubizhne, Shakhove, Nove Shakhove, Vilne, Zapovidne, Ivanivka, Mayak, Pokrovsk, Rodynske, Zatyshok, Novoekonomichne, Mykolaivka, Myroliubivka, Promin, Dachne, Sukhyi Yar, Zvirove, Kotlyne, and Molodetske, and in the direction of Balahan and Novopavlivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Zapovidne, in the direction of Novotoretske.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops attacked Novopavlivka, and near Dachne, Filiya, Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Voskresenka, Oleksandrohrad, Sichneve, Komyshuvakha, Shevchenkove, Vorone, Khoroshe, Novomykolayivka, and Maliivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in the northern part of Filiya, near Andriivka-Klevtsove.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops advanced in the southern part of Prymorske, and attacked near Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Kamianske, Stepnohirsk, and Plavni.
General conclusion:
On the Lyman direction, the Russian military command often ignores requests for logistical support from forward units.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops have begun to attack Ukrainian positions at the junction of the borders of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts. They launch UAV strikes on the logistical routes of Ukrainian Defense Forces, and are simultaneously moving from Novoselivka to Lisne and Velykomykhailivka.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 184 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 8 Russian attacks.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, 7 combat engagements took place in the area of Vovchansk.
On the Kupyansk direction, 10 occupier attacks were recorded. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the areas of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, and Kolisnykivka.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 12 times, trying to advance near Karpivka, Andriivka, Druzhelyubivka, Kolodyazi, and Drobysheve, and toward Olkhivka and Shandryholove.
On the Siversk direction, the aggressor attacked near Hryhorivka, Serebrianka, Dronivka, Fedorivka, and Vyimka, and in the direction of Dibrova. A total of 20 combat engagements took place.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 16 attacks near Stupochky, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, and Poltavka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 48 aggressor attacks were stopped in the areas of Shakhove, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Novoekonomichne, Mayak, Rubizhne, Sukhyi Yar, Shevchenko, Promin, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Dachne, and in the direction of Filiya and Novopavlivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 31 enemy attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Filiya, Piddubne, Oleksandrohrad, Voskresenka, Temyrivka, Shevchenko, Maliivka, and Komyshuvakha.
On the Orikhiv direction, the aggressor attacked three times in the areas of Stepnohirsk and Novodanylivka.
On the Prydniprovske direction, over the past day, the enemy attacked three times without success.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces launched UAV strikes and struck a 39n6 "Kasta-2E2" radar station in Anapa, Krasnodar Krai; the positions of two S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile system divisions (a command and staff vehicle and a command post vehicle were damaged) in Kaluga Oblast; and an engineer ammunition and UAV depot in Luhansk.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 76th Air Assault Division is likely redeployed from the Northern Slobozhansky direction to the Kostyantynivka direction, to the Chasiv Yar area. The 1220th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army is deploying on the Northern Slobozhansky direction. Subunits of the Armed Forces of the DPRK are deploying in the rear areas of Kursk Oblast.
The 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army launches strikes on Ukrainian positions in Novoekonomichne and near Balahan.
The 5th Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army launches strikes on Ukrainian positions near Sosnivka and Khoroshe. The 143rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army operates in the Vremivka direction.
The 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Combined Arms Army launches strikes on Ukrainian positions on the outskirts of Huliaypole.
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 Kupiansk 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 enemy's immediate offensive objective is to block the city of Kupyansk from the north and northwest, cut off the roads from Kupyansk to Dvorichna/Velykyi Burluk and Chuhuiv, and have forward units of the 6th Combined Arms Army break through to Kupyansk. An additional objective for the enemy within the operational area of the 6th Combined Arms Army is to advance toward Velykyi Burluk.
On the Lyman direction, the 25th Combined Arms Army will completely capture the Serebriansk Forest as far as the Chorny Zherebets River leading to the withdrawal of troops of the 3rd Army Corps across the river in the direction of Yampil.
On the Siversk direction, in the short term, the enemy will continue to attack Siversk directly from the east and head-on from northeast, ignoring the southern direction.
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."
On the Pokrovsk direction, the 51st Combined Arms Army will bypass the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration from the north and northeast, sharply worsening the prospects for the defense of Dobropillya, Pokrovsk, Druzhkivka, and Kostyantynivka. After enveloping Dobropillya, the 2nd Combined Arms Army will begin the assault on Pokrovsk from the south and southwest.
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 06.09.25
Personnel - almost 1,087 180 (+960);
Tanks – 11,161 (+2);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,243 (0);
Artillery systems – 32,474 (+39);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,480 (0);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,217 (+1);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 60,950 (+119);
Aircraft - 422 (0);
Helicopters – 341 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 56,523 (+256);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,686 (0);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
In the first 5 days of September alone, Russia used more than 1,300 attack UAVs, almost 900 guided aerial bombs, and up to fifty missiles of various types against Ukraine, attacking 14 Ukrainian oblasts, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported.
Overnight on September 6, Russians attacked Ukraine with 91 attack UAVs, of which the Air Force destroyed or suppressed 68, and another 18 hit targets. Hits were confirmed in 8 locations and fragments of downed drones fell on 4 sites. As of the morning, several enemy UAVs remained in the air.
Overnight on September 6, Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast resulted in two people being wounded: a 58-year-old man was injured in the village of Nechvolodivka, and a 25-year-old man in Kupiansk. Both were hospitalized.
In the morning of September 6, Russian troops shelled railway infrastructure in Donetsk Oblast. According to "Ukrzaliznytsia," the section before Sloviansk was de-energized, which caused delays for both commuter trains and long-distance trains.
In the Bilozerka community of Kherson Oblast, Russians struck a checkpoint with an attack drone, wounding three police officers. In the morning of September 6, the occupiers attacked Bilozerka again: a 41-year-old woman received a mine and explosive injury, and a 51-year-old woman received an explosive injury, concussion, and acute stress reaction.
On September 6, Russian drones attacked Chernihiv Oblast: a 70-year-old woman was killed in Semenivka, and a 45-year-old local resident in Horodnya suffered injuries and is in serious condition in the hospital. According to the head of the Oblast Military Administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, the target of the strike was ordinary city courtyards.
In Prymorske, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a 56-year-old local resident was killed as a result of a Russian FPV drone attack.
In the evening of September 6, Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia with at least seven attack UAVs, which resulted in hits and fires. A kindergarten, a residential building, and an enterprise were damaged. A woman who suffered a head injury was hurt by fragments.
In the Krasnopilska community in Sumy Oblast, on September 6, an enemy drone hit a car, as a result of which a civilian was injured.
Since the beginning of the year, Russian occupiers have exported more than 36,000 tons of stolen Ukrainian grain through the Mariupol seaport, the city council of Ukrainian Mariupol reported.