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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Russia Strikes Ukrainian Defense Plants Developing Sapsan Missile System

© Sputnik / Alexander Vilf / Go to the mediabankSukhoi Su-35S pilot performs aerial maneuvers at the Kubinka airfield outside Moscow, May 2021.
Sukhoi Su-35S pilot performs aerial maneuvers at the Kubinka airfield outside Moscow, May 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.09.2025
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Russian forces carried out a massive strike on Ukrainian defense industry facilities involved in the development of Sapsan missile systems, the Ministry of Defense reported.
Russia Strikes Ukrainian Defense Plants Developing Sapsan Missile System
Russian forces carried out a massive strike on Ukrainian defense industry facilities involved in the development of Sapsan missile systems, the Ministry of Defense reported.
“Last night, a large-scale strike was conducted with long-range, high-precision air- and ground-based weapons, as well as strike drones, against Ukrainian defense industry enterprises working on the development of Sapsan operational-tactical missile systems,” the ministry’s bulletin said.
Russian forces also struck production sites for multipurpose strike and reconnaissance drones, robotic combat systems, interceptor UAVs, and loitering munitions.
The targets were hit successfully, and all designated enemy facilities were destroyed, the ministry emphasized.
On Saturday night, Ukrainian media reported explosions in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, and Nikolayev amid air raid alerts. In the morning, blasts were also reported in Sumy and Kherson, which is under Kiev’s control.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian forces have destroyed:
667 aircraft
283 helicopters
85,418 UAVs
628 surface-to-air missile systems
25,188 tanks and other armored combat vehicles
1,592 multiple launch rocket system vehicles
29,749 field artillery pieces and mortars
42,244 units of special military motor vehicles

Russian Forces Liberate Berezovoye in Dnepropetrovsk Region

Russia's Vostok group of forces liberated the village of Berezovoye in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"The units of the Vostok group of force continued to advance deep into enemy defenses and liberated the village of Berezovoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region," the ministry said in a statement.
The Battlegroup has eliminated over 270 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, 14 motor vehicles and an electronic warfare station.
Crew numbers of the 2S7M Malka self-propelled gun of the Tsentr group of forces at a firing position in the Krasnoarmeysk direction of the North Military District. - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.09.2025
Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
Russian Forces Liberate of Novonikolayevka in Dnepropetrovsk Region
Russia's Yug group of troops has eliminated over 245 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, 12 motor vehicles, an artillery gun, an electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots in the past day.
Russia's Sever group has eliminated up to 215 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, 12 motor vehicles and four field artillery guns, including three NATO-made guns.
Russia's Zapad group of forces has eliminated over 240 Ukrainian fighters, four armored combat vehicles, including two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 16 pickup trucks, six electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots over the past 24 hours.
Russia's Tsentr (Center) group of forces has eliminated up to 480 Ukrainian military servicepeople over the past 24 hours.
"The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces included up to 480 soldiers, a tank, five armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, a US-made Paladin 155mm self-propelled artillery system," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia's Dnepr battle group has eliminated up to 40 Ukrainian fighters over the past day, four motor vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depot, the statement read.
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