“Most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions 42 times”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions 42 times in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Volodymyrivka, Dorozhne, Chervyn Liman, Novoeknomichne, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Zvirov, Kotlyne, Lysivka, Udachne, Filia, and in the direction of Mirnograd, Novopavlivka, Bilytskyi, and Balagan. Two attacks are still ongoing.
There were also intense battles in the Oleksandrivskyi direction – here the Ukrainian defenders have already repelled 20 attacks by the Russian Federation forces, and two more combat clashes are still ongoing.
Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 Russian attacks in the Kostyantynivsk direction.
The enemy continues its attacks in the North-Slobozhansk, South-Slobozhansk, Kursk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Gulyaipilsk, Orihiv and Dnieper directions.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction.
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According to British intelligence, Russian forces are likely to have captured approximately 250 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in September 2025, a significant decrease from the approximately 465 square kilometers. km captured in August 2025. They note that this follows a moderate monthly decrease in the number of captured territories from June to August 2025.
Intelligence reiterated that Pokrovsk likely remains a priority for Russia, with the largest share of Russian attacks there compared to the rest of the front line.
On October 16, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Ukrainian defenders had liberated 182.8 square kilometers of the territory of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region.
On October 1, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the Ukrainian military had cut off the so-called “Dobropilsky Protrusion” of Russian troops.