““We can state that Ukrainian soldiers stopped the enemy’s spring-summer offensive campaign and continue to destroy the Kremlin’s further plans, using asymmetric measures to eliminate the enemy’s superiority in personnel and weapons””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We can state that Ukrainian soldiers stopped the enemy’s spring-summer offensive campaign and continue to destroy the Kremlin’s further plans, taking asymmetric measures to eliminate the enemy’s advantage in personnel and weapons,” he wrote on Facebook on October 17.
Syrsky reminded that the Defense Forces are conducting counteroffensive operations in separate directions.
“Also, our units are successfully implementing assault actions in order to restore the lost position. In particular, Ukrainian soldiers continue to push the Russian invaders out of the territory of the Sumy region. Our active actions in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region continue. We have some success in regaining control over the territory in the Zaporizhzhia region. There are other areas of the front where the enemy has no gains,” the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces said, without giving details.
In the morning summary, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 178 combat clashes were recorded on the front last day, the largest number of Russian attacks – 55 – were in the Pokrovsky direction.
In addition, according to the command, in the Kostiantynivka direction, Russian forces carried out 23 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Poltavka and in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Stepanivka, and Sofiivka, and in the Aleksandrivka direction – repelled 33 attacks near the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Novokhatske, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Vorone, Novomykolaivka, Ivanivka, Oleksandrograd and Novogrihorivka.
Combat operations also continued in the North-Slobozhansk, Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Gulyaipil, Orikhov and Prydniprovsk directions, the General Staff reported.
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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.