The Battle of Ukraine, Special Issue 256, from 1 October 2025, 18:00 to 8 October 2025, 15:00 Kyiv Time
Author: David Batashvili
This is a special issue of the Rondeli Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources.
Kursk-Sumy Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Belgorod Area
No changes were noted in the area.
Kharkiv Area
Russians pushed forward a little within Vovchansk.
Fighting continued in the east in the area of village Odradne.
Kupyansk-Lyman Area
In the north, Russians advanced a little within village Kamyanka.
Fighting continued in the city of Kupyansk with Russians attacking from the north towards the city center.
In the south, Russians completed the capture of Kolodyazi, and advanced southwest of this village.
Siversk Area
South of Siversk, Russians took villages Vyimka and Fedorivka, and entered village Kuzmynivka.
Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka Area
Russians entered Predtechyne, taking part of this village.
Southeast of Kostyantynivka, Russians advanced reaching village Ivanopillya.
In the area east of Dobropillya, Russians advanced northeast of Kucheriv Yar towards Novomykolaivka, and northwest of Kucheriv Yar re-entering village Zolotyi Kolodyaz.
A little to the south, Russians re-entered Pankivka, advanced in the area of Vilne, completed the capture of Nove Shakhove, entered Ivanivka from the east, and completed the capture of Dorozhnje.
A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The eastern area east of Dobropillya by the afternoon, 8 October 2025. All information on the maps is approximate.
Pokrovsk-Novopavlivka Area
North and northeast of Myrnohrad, Russians completed the capture of villages Chervonyi Lyman and Novoekonomychne.
South of Pokrovsk, Russians entered village Chunyshyne.
West of Pokrovsk, Russians advanced northward from Udachne.
Southwest of Novopavlivka, Russians completed the re-capture of Zeleyi Hai, and pushed forward in the eastern part of Ivanivka.
Zaporizhzhia Area
Ukrainians counterattacked southeast of Velykomykhailivka, liberating villages Sosnivka and Khoroshe, and entering villages Novoselivka and Sichneve.
South of Velykomykhailivka, Russians advanced taking village Stepove, and entering Oleksiivka.
Further south, Russians took Novohryhorivka, reached Novovasylivske from the east, entered Poltavka, and completed the capture of Malynivka.
In the west, intense fighting continued on the frontline in Stepnohirsk and southern Prymorske.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
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