Russia's war on Ukraine. 15.09.25
Operational situation
On the Northern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops attacked near Kindrativka and Yunakivka. The enemy cannot yet unblock the 237th Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division in Yunakivka, although it has redeployed a battalion of the 51st Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division to the village from the Sadky area, and the rest of the units are blocked by Ukrainian Defense Forces in the forest areas around it.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Kindrativka, Andriivka, and Oleksiivka.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops attacked near Vovchansk, Khatnie, and Ambarne, and in the direction of Odradne, but did not advance.
On the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops tried to advance on the northeastern outskirts of Kupyansk, in the western and central parts of the city, and attacked near Myrove, Kindrativka, Fyholivka, Petropavlivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Hrekivka, and in the direction of Petro-Ivanivka, Podoly, and Nova Kruhlyakivka.
The troops of the 10th Army Corps of the Defense Forces continue their counter-sabotage actions after the enemy's attempt to penetrate Kupyansk through a gas pipeline. The exit from it near Radkivka is under dense fire control, and three of the four pipelines in the Kupyansk area are damaged or flooded.
On the Lyman direction, Russian troops tried to advance in the Serebriansk forest area, and attacked near Shandryholove, Derylove, in Kolodyazi, Torske, Zarichne, Yampil, and in the direction of Stavky.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked from Stavky in the direction of Zarichne and Kolodyazi, and near Novomykhailivka.
On the Siversk direction, Russian troops continued attacks in the direction of Dronivka, Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, Vyimka, and Fedorivka.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked near Serebrianka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian troops tried to advance to the southeastern outskirts of Kostyantynivka, near Predtechyne, and west of Oleksandro-Shultyne, fought for Kleban Byk, attacked near Mayske, Chervone, Mykolaivka, Stupochky, Bila Hora, Pleshchiivka, Katerynivka, Nelipivka, Shcherbynivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Poltavka, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka, Sofiivka, and Volodymyrivka, and in the direction of Stepanivka, and conducted 21 strikes on Kostyantynivka, including with guided aerial bombs, MLRS, artillery, and UAVs.
Ukrainian Defense Forces hold their positions east and south of Kleban-Byk and counterattacked north of Kostyantynivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops advanced in the fields to the east of Kozatske, tried to advance west of Novoekonomichne, east of Myrnohrad, east and southeast of Troyanda, and advanced near Shakhove, Zaporizhzhia, Fedorivka, Pokrovsk, Rodynske, Sukhetske, Mykolaivka, Promin, Myrolyubivka, Lysivka, Novopavlivka, Udachne, Molodetske, Kotlyne, Leontovychi, and in the direction of Novopidhorodnie.
Ukrainian Defense Forces counterattacked in Udachne.
The forward units of Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced in the direction of Volodymyrivka – Novotoretske and are trying to gain a foothold in Pankivka and are fighting for Mayak and Novotoretske. Ukrainian Defense Forces also advanced in the direction of Myrnohrad – Razyne and started fighting for the latter and attacked in the direction of Nykanorivka – Boykivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Russian troops attacked Novopavlivka, near Muravka, Novomykolayivka, Dachne, Filiya, Tovste, Piddubne, Oleksandrohrad, Voskresenka, Sosnivka, Maliivka, Berezove, Ternove, and Kamyshuvakha, and in the direction of Ivanivka, and entered Andriivka-Klevtsove.
On the Huliaypole direction, Russian troops tried to advance west of Obratne, east of Novoivanivka, and attacked near Olhivske, Temyrivka, and in the direction of Poltavka.
On the Orikhiv direction, Russian troops advanced in the eastern part of Stepnohirsk and attacked near Novoandriivka.
General conclusion:
On the Pokrovsk direction, some troops of the 51st Combined Arms Army on its right flank have come under the threat of complete encirclement. The army command does not consider the situation threatening for itself and continues a simultaneous offensive on both the Pokrovsk and Dobropillya directions with the goal of reaching the Shevchenko – Biletske – Rodynske – Hryshyne area to the north of Pokrovsk and blocking it.
For the offensive on Kostyantynivka, the 40th, 61st, 155th, and 336th Separate Marine Brigades, and the 177th Separate Marine Regiment were concentrated behind the left flank of the 8th Combined Arms Army in the Nova Poltavka – Malynivka area. Their units were committed to battle in the directions of Poltavka – Rusyn Yar and Novo-Olenivka – Stepanivka. At the same time, the use of the main forces of the naval infantry is possible in both the operational zone of the 8th Combined Arms Army and the 51st.
Change in the line of contact (LoC):
There were 187 combat engagements on various fronts.
On the Northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, 11 combat engagements occurred.
On the Southern Slobozhansky direction, 10 combat engagements occurred near Vovchansk and in the direction of Odradne.
On the Kupyansk direction, 9 enemy attacks occurred. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the areas of Nova Kruhlyakivka, Radkivka, Kindrashivka, Kupyansk, and Stepova Novoselivka.
On the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 19 times and tried to advance in the direction of Stavky and near Shandryholove, Derylove, Kolodyazi, Drobysheve, and Torske.
On the Siversk direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks. The occupiers' units tried to advance in the areas of Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, Dronivka, Vyimka, and Fedorivka.
On the Kostyantynivka direction, 23 attacks were recorded in the areas of Stupochky, Chasiv Yar, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Katerynivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Poltavka, Shcherbynivka, Sofiivka, and Stepanivka.
On the Pokrovsk direction, 58 assault and offensive actions by the aggressor were stopped in the areas of the populated localities of Fedorivka, Nykanorivka, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Sukhetske, Promin, Lysivka, Udachne, Novopidhorodnie, Shakhove, Vilne, Zvirove, Molodetske, Novoukrainka, Filia, Dachne, and Novoivanivka, and toward Novopavlivka.
On the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks near the populated localities of Ivanivka, Yalta, Voskresenka, Novoivanivka, Maliivka, Tolstoi, Oleksandrohrad, Ternove, Berezove, Temyrivka, Kamyshuvakha, and Olhivske.
On the Huliaypole direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully repelled an enemy attack near Poltavka.
On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy advanced twice near Novoandriivka and Stepnohirsk.
On the Prydniprovske direction, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 5 enemy assault actions.
Supporting operation:
Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a UAV strike on a chemical enterprise in the Perm Krai of the Russian Federation.
An act of sabotage was conducted by a unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the Maloarkhangelsk – Glazunovka railway section of the Oryol – Kursk railway. Federal railway traffic was stopped, and more than 15 trains were delayed in both directions. On the Saint Petersburg – Pskov section, on the Stroganovo – Mshinskaya stretch, as a result of an attack, a locomotive derailed and 15 fuel tankers with fuel were destroyed.
Changes in the enemy disposition:
The 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army strikes Ukrainian troops near Ridkodub, and its 59th Tank Regiment strikes near Karpivka.
The 79th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion and the 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army operate on the Siversk direction.
The 37th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 36th Combined Arms Army operates in Novomykolayivka.
The 35th Regiment of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection of the 35th Combined Arms Army operates in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The 270th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army operates near Mala Tokmachka.
The 127th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade of the 18th Combined Arms Army operates near the Antonivka railway bridge.
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 enemy's immediate offensive objective is to block the city of Kupyansk from the north and northwest, cut off the Kupyansk – Dvorichna – Velykyi Burluk – Chuhuiv road, 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 is currently focused on its immediate operational objective: to break through to the area of Shevchenko, Biletske, Rodynske, and Hryshyne and to block the entire defense area of Ukrainian Defense Forces within the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration from the north by cutting both roads that run from Pokrovsk to Dobropillya.
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 15.09.25
Personnel - almost 1,095 520 (+910);
Tanks – 11,184 (0);
Armored combat vehicles ‒ 23,269 (+2);
Artillery systems – 32,784 (+35);
Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) – 1,488 (+1);
Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,217 (0);
Vehicles and fuel tanks – 61,698 (+84);
Aircraft - 422 (0);
Helicopters – 341 (0);
UAV operational and tactical level – 59,409 (+323);
Intercepted cruise and other missiles – 3,718 (0);
Boats/ships – 29 (0).
Humanitarian + general:
On the night of September 15, Russian troops conducted a strike with three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles and 84 strike drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, and other types, about 50 of which were "Shaheds." According to preliminary data as of 9:00, the Ukrainian air defense shot down and suppressed 59 enemy UAVs. Missiles and 25 strike drones hitting 13 locations were recorded.
As a result of enemy shelling of the Zaporizhzhia district on the night of September 15, private houses caught fire, and electricity was lost in one of the communities.
Over September 14–15, Nizhyn in the Chernihiv Oblast suffered the most massive air strike by the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war, with the air raid alert lasting continuously for more than 16 hours. There were hits on several critical infrastructure facilities. One enterprise was hit twice, as a result of which there was a temporary lack of power and water supply in some areas of our city. On Sunday afternoon, one of the drones and its fragments fell right in the city center; later, the enemy attacked a private oil depot, as a result of which a large fire broke out.
Russian troops deliberately attacked rescuers who were extinguishing a fire at a critical infrastructure facility in the Nizhyn district of the Chernihiv Oblast that broke out after a UAV strike. As a result of the attack, four firefighters were injured and hospitalized.
In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, one person was injured and fires broke out at a transportation enterprise, a hospital, and in a forest due to the night Russian shelling.
Three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were under Russian invaders' attacks during the day, and two people were injured in the Nikopol district.
Russian troops dropped an explosive from a drone on the village of Verkhni Sady in the Kherson Oblast. Two people were injured. In the afternoon, Russian troops shelled the village of Mykilske with artillery and dropped an explosive in the settlement of Bilozerka, as a result of which two civilians died.
Two men were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a civilian car in the settlement of Borova in the Izium district.
In Zaporizhzhia... enemy troops shelled a fire engine that was heading to a call to extinguish a fire. The vehicle was damaged. The personnel were not injured.
On September 14 around 23:00, the enemy struck the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Boromlia community of the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy Oblast with what is believed to be two missiles. As a result of the occupiers' attack, 12 people who were involved in harvesting were injured.
Late in the evening on September 14 at 23:10, Russian troops struck the center of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk Oblast, using three FAB-250 aerial bombs with a UMPK module. It is known that 15 people were injured.
Another 16 children were returned from the territories temporarily occupied by the Russians as part of the "Bring Kids Back UA" initiative of the AAPresident of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian Federation invasion, more than 1,200 Ukrainian civilians have died and been injured as a result of cluster bombs, according to a report by the Coalition Against Cluster Munitions. In 2024 alone, 314 victims were registered, 193 of them Ukrainians—this is the highest number in the world. The report notes that the actual number of victims may be significantly higher.
During the full-scale war, 11,000 cases of the enemy using poisonous chemical substances have been recorded, as a result of which 3,000 injuries have been recorded among Ukrainian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.