From Northern Kharkov to Southern Kherson, Russian pressure is relentless, and Kiev’s defenses are barely holding.
The Russia-Ukraine peace talks are all but dead, and the war continues, brutal as ever, to its inevitable end – capitulation or annihilation of Ukraine.
WATCH: Putin says there are over 700,000 Russian soldiers on the frontlines.
Putin said that now there are over 700,000 Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian frontline.
That’s how Russia wants peace. pic.twitter.com/zdQpPmXDKn
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 18, 2025
Yesterday (17), General Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s chief of staff of the armed forces, toured positions conquered rom Ukraine, and stated that Moscow’s forces were advancing on all fronts.
The heaviest fighting, Gerasimov said, is taking place around the bastion and logistics center of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk region.
Progress is also seen further west, in the Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
WATCH: Gerasimov visits the front.
RUSSIA ADVANCING IN ALMOST ALL DIRECTIONS IN SPECIAL OPERATION ZONE – GENERAL STAFF
The most intense battles are unfolding near Pokrovsk, where Ukraine is unsuccessfully trying to halt the advance of the Russian army, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Valery… pic.twitter.com/WKa6JFEPzd
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 17, 2025
Reuters reported:
“’Our troops in the zone of the special military operation are advancing in practically all directions’, the Defense Ministry quoted Gerasimov as saying.
‘And the heaviest fighting is occurring in the Krasnoarmeysk direction’, he added, using the Soviet-era name for the city of Pokrovsk, ‘where the enemy, by any means and taking no account of losses, is trying unsuccessfully to stop our advances and seize back the initiative’. The Ukrainian military, he was quoted as saying, ‘has deployed the best-trained and most capable fighting units, taking them from other areas. And that facilitates the advance of our troops in other sectors’.”
Top Russian General Gerasimov: troops advancing on virtually ALL fronts
Zelensky’s army forced to redeploy troops in attempt to plug GAPS in its frontline pic.twitter.com/I0X2udY9zZ
— RT (@RT_com) September 17, 2025
Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk)
RUSSIAN FPV DRONE STRIKES UKRAINIAN AMMO SUPPLY CART
Russia’s MoD released footage of an Aleysk motorized rifle unit using a fiber-optic FPV drone to destroy a Ukrainian unmanned supply cart near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk). The drone struck directly, detonating the platform. pic.twitter.com/sFiHakA2Wl
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 14, 2025
WATCH: Russian Forces targeting Ukrainian concentrated reserves.
Near Pokrovsk, the Russian Armed Forces are destroying the enemy’s concentrated reserves.
Precision strikes are being carried out on logistics routes and enemy concentration points. pic.twitter.com/97ZwMQwDOW
— Russia Truth (autonomous pro-Kremlin infowarrior) (@Russia_Truth) September 16, 2025
WATCH: drone war compilation near Pokrovsk.
COMPILATION of DRONE WAR today at SMO
Battle near Pokrovsk: the “️tvajnye” burn NATO equipment, infantry, and enemy positions day and night
▪️A selection of combat work by the troops of the “Center” group on September 16, destroying combat equipment, weapons,… pic.twitter.com/9uezzlGaAM
— (@SMO_VZ) September 16, 2025
Zaporozhye:
WATCH: Russian forces conquer settlement of Olgovskoye in Zaporozhye.
⚡️ WARRIORS OF THE “VOSTOK” FORCES GROUP LIBERATED THE SETTLEMENT OF OLGOVSKOYE IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION
❗️Units of the 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the “East” group of forces made another breakthrough, pic.twitter.com/vQHmCTvV1b
— King Chelsea Ug (@ug_chelsea) September 15, 2025
Captured American M113 APC from Ukraine was used during an offensive by the RuAF in Zaporozhye.
It was notably flying an American and a Russian flag. pic.twitter.com/ULh2oWK9Vo
— Spetsnaℤ 007 (@Alex_Oloyede2) August 18, 2025
Dnipropetrovsk:
WATCH:
418/ The “ZALA” #Lancet destroyed Ukrainian radar station in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
A direct hit on the enemy radar station was confirmed by the objective control of the “ZALA Z-16” reconnaissance UAV.
Video Russian MoD. pic.twitter.com/TZggX81X4V
— Huligan (@Ghost132607472) September 15, 2025
⚡️ Artillerymen of the Vostok Group of Forces eliminated AFU motor vehicles and manpower in Dnepropetrovsk region. pic.twitter.com/ZeJW5PBxFu
— RussiaNews (@mog_russEN) September 17, 2025
WATCH: Artillery targets Ukrainian hardware and manpower in Dnepropetrovsk region.
⚔️Artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces eliminated AFU hardware and manpower in Dnepropetrovsk region.
Russian Defense Ministry pic.twitter.com/WZd2XdHImv
— dana (@dana916) September 15, 2025
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