The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that “from September 20 to 26, throughout the week, units of the Russian ‘North’ group forces advanced deep into the enemy defenses in the Sumy region during offensive operations… targeting the human and military equipment gatherings of five mechanized brigades, a mechanized infantry brigade, an artillery brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a regional defense brigade. In the Kharkov direction, formations of three mechanized brigades, a mechanized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two regional defense brigades were targeted.
The Russian Ministry of Defense added: “During the past week, the enemy in the area of responsibility of the Russian ‘North’ group forces suffered losses amounting to 1,250 military personnel, three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 62 vehicles, and 15 field artillery pieces. Nine electronic warfare centers and 29 ammunition and supply depots were also destroyed.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense mentioned that units of the Russian ‘West’ group targeted 11 Ukrainian brigades last week, with the enemy losing more than 1,605 military personnel. They continued: “The enemy lost more than 1,605 military personnel, 10 armored combat vehicles, 108 vehicles, and 18 field artillery pieces. Additionally, 59 electronic warfare and counter-battery centers, along with 39 ammunition and supply depots, were destroyed.”
The ministry’s statement added: “During the past week, units of the Russian ‘East’ group penetrated deep into enemy defenses, liberating the towns of Berezov and Kalinovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region. They destroyed personnel and equipment from three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two regional defense brigades, a naval brigade, and a national guard brigade. Enemy losses in this direction exceeded 2,135 soldiers, two tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 97 vehicles, and 11 field artillery pieces.”
The statement noted that units of the Russian ‘South’ group, as a result of proactive and decisive operations, liberated the town of Berezdenoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic. During the past week, 25.5 square kilometers of land south of the Klyban-Pik reservoir were cleared of neo-Nazis.
The statement continued that “from September 20 to 26, the Russian Armed Forces carried out large-scale attacks and six group strikes using precision-guided weapons and attack drones, targeting Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities, transport, and energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ammunition depots, military airport infrastructure, and sites for assembling, storing, and launching long-range drones, in addition to temporary deployment sites for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, special operations forces, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.”
The statement pointed out that units of the Russian ‘Center’ group continued active offensive operations in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Dnipropetrovsk region. Several Ukrainian brigades were targeted, and the enemy lost about 3,675 soldiers, three tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 38 vehicles, and 12 artillery pieces. During the past week, air defense systems shot down 24 guided aerial bombs, five American-made ‘HIMARS’ multiple launch rockets, and 1,724 drones.
