On September 1, Ukrainian troops advance south and southeast of the village of Rabotino, a stronghold of the Russian defense.

Drones attack targets in the Pskov and Kursk regions and in the Moscow region. Flight restrictions have been introduced at Moscow airports.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case under the article on discrediting the army against The Washington Post and The New York Times journalist Maria Gessen, who lives in the United States. The reason was an interview she gave to Yuri Dud, in which, in particular, she commented on the events - crimes of the Russian military - in Bucha.

On September 2, as a result of a Russian airstrike on a multi-story building in Ugledar, two people were killed and two more were wounded. In Kherson and the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and three were wounded under fire.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported three unsuccessful attempts by the Ukrainian army to attack the Crimean Bridge with surface drones. All three drones were destroyed.

The United States intends to supply Ukraine with armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium.

On September 3, Russian troops unsuccessfully attacked Ukrainian positions near the village of Novoegorovka in the Luhansk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces broke through the first line of Russian defense in the Zaporizhia region.
Ukrainian intelligence published a documentary about Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov, who flew to Ukraine across the front line in August and handed over a military Mi-8 helicopter to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov resigned. The President of Ukraine proposes appointing Rustem Umerov, a politician and businessman of Crimean Tatar origin, in his place.

On September 4, as a result of Russian shelling in the Kherson region, one person was killed and four were wounded.
About 20 servicemen of the military unit No. 63354 in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk refused to obey the order to be sent to the Ukrainian front to fight against Ukraine. Some of them cite health reasons. The command intends to seek the initiation of a criminal case.

On September 5, heavy fighting continues in the Bakhmut, Liman and Kupyansk directions in the Donbass and near Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region. Over 29 clashes occurred in 24 hours. Ukrainian troops are consolidating their positions near Rabotin and Novoprokopovka and advancing south of Bakhmut. Russian troops are advancing near Avdiivka and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
Air defense shot down three drones near Moscow. More than 50 flights have been delayed at airports.

On September 6, as a result of a missile strike on a market in the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, 16 people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. It is unknown who carried out the strike. Ukraine and Russia blame each other.
Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks sent more than 100 military trucks to Ukraine.

On September 7, Russian drones attack the south of Odessa Oblast. Ukrainian drones were shot down in Moscow Oblast, Rostov, and Bryansk Oblast. No casualties or injuries were reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry proposed registering prisoners for military service.

On September 8, as a result of shelling in Kherson Oblast, three people were killed, eight were wounded, and residential buildings were damaged.

CNN reported that Elon Musk turned off Starlink satellite communications off the coast of Crimea in 2022 to disrupt Ukraine's attack on Sevastopol.

The United States has allocated a new $600 million aid package to Ukraine.

On September 9, the Ukrainian Armed Forces report an offensive in the Avdiivka, Maryinsky, and Shakhtarsk directions. The Russian Defense Ministry reports effective artillery and missile strikes on Ukrainian reserves in Liman and Konstantinovka.
In Bryansk, a factory is on fire for the third time in a week after a UAV attack.

On September 10, Russian Iranian-made Shaheds attacked Kyiv. Air defense shot down more than 20 UAVs. One person was injured, residential buildings, a school, a kindergarten, and a rehabilitation center were damaged.

Russian air defense shot down eight drones aimed at Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry also reported the destruction of three US-made Willard Sea Force high-speed boats with Ukrainian Armed Forces landing groups heading towards the Crimean coast.
Events called "local government elections" were held in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. The office of the Ukrainian president declared them illegal. The West also refused to recognize the results of the elections held "at gunpoint."

On September 11, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia launched 5 missiles and 87 airstrikes on Ukraine at night, and launched 36 kamikaze drones. Four people were injured in the Kyiv region, and more than a hundred private homes were damaged.
Ukraine has regained control of the Boyko drilling rigs in the Black Sea.
Ukrainian intelligence organized an explosion in Energodar, Zaporizhia region. It thundered in a room where Russian passports were being issued. The GRU claims that only employees of Russian administrative bodies were in the building at the time of the explosion.
The publication "Important Stories" reported that the Russian Guard is recruiting former prisoners from the Wagner PMC.

On September 13, Ukraine shelled the Sevastopol repair plant, where military ships are repaired. The landing ship Minsk and the submarine Rostov-on-Don were damaged. Two people were killed and 26 were wounded.

On September 14, a child was killed and four people were wounded under Russian artillery fire in the Kherson region.
Fierce fighting continues near Maryinka and Avdiivka in Donbass. These villages have been virtually wiped off the face of the earth. Ukrainian troops are advancing in the Bakhmut area.
In the Black Sea, five unmanned naval boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Sergey Kotov. The boats were destroyed by fire from the ship's guns.
Several explosions occurred in Yevpatoria, Crimea.

On September 15, the Ukrainian General Staff announced the capture of the village of Andreyevka south of Bakhmut and the destruction of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army.
The BBC and Mediazona reported that the names of more than 32,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine have been established.

On September 16, two people were killed and two more were wounded as a result of Russian artillery shelling in the Kharkiv region.
Dozens of flights have been delayed at Moscow airports due to another attack by Ukrainian drones.

On September 17, the Ukrainian military announced the capture of Kleshcheyevka, a village in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk region.

Explosions are thundering in Sevastopol. The Russian Defense Ministry reported drones shot down over the southwestern part of Crimea.

Ukraine has announced plans to increase drone production.

On September 18, fighting for Kleshcheyevka is still ongoing.
As a result of shelling in the Sumy region, one person was killed and one was wounded.

On September 19, six people were killed in a Russian shelling of cars with volunteers in Kupyansk. In Kherson, two passengers of a trolleybus were killed when it came under artillery fire. In Lviv, one person was killed during a drone attack. Four people were killed in the Donetsk region.
Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 400 million euros.

On September 20, the Ukrainian command announced the successful destruction of the command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.

In Volgograd, the trial of a policeman accused of beating a teenager was terminated, since the defendant left for the war.

On September 21, five people were killed as a result of shelling of the Kherson region.
Russian troops fired 43 cruise missiles at the Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Rivne and Kyiv regions, as well as at Kyiv. 36 of them were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported 22 drones shot down overnight in Russian regions and Crimea.
The Vladikavkaz Garrison Military Court found mobilized Nikolai Kostin guilty of possessing a Makarov pistol and cartridges that he brought from Ukraine, and sentenced him to a minimum suspended sentence. The convicted man will continue to serve in his unit.

On September 22, Ukraine launched a missile strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Ukrainian intelligence claims that 9 people were killed and more than 16 were wounded, including Russian generals. The Russian Defense Ministry reported one person killed.
As a result of the Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk, one person was killed and 15 were wounded. In Kherson, a woman was killed and several were wounded as a result of the shelling. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 57 air strikes in 24 hours. The United States has allocated a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $325 million, including air defense systems, ammunition, and missiles.
After successful Ukrainian attacks, Russia withdrew all large landing ships from Crimean ports.

On September 23, the Russian Armed Forces fired supersonic Onyx missiles at the Odessa region.
Referendums on joining Russia began in the territories controlled by Russia in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions.

On September 24, military censorship and a curfew were introduced in the Russian-occupied part of the Donetsk region.

On September 26, Russian troops struck Krivoy Rog, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. There are wounded. Infrastructure facilities were damaged.
In the Kursk region, a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device on an electrical substation, de-energizing 7 settlements.

On September 27, the Ukrainian army advances in the Melitopol direction.
An air raid alarm was declared in Sevastopol, and sea and land transport was stopped.
Norway will provide Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth 92 million dollars.

On September 28, 44 Russian drones attacked the territory of Ukraine. As a result of the shelling of settlements in the Donetsk region, one person was killed and four were wounded.
Putin signed a law on a new holiday in honor of the annexation of Ukrainian regions. The holiday will be celebrated on September 30.

The Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives allocated 1.6 billion rubles for "patriotic" projects. These include the festival "Muzyka o SVOikh", clips about "war correspondents" and a series about saboteurs at the Zaporizhzhya NPP.

On September 29, the BBC and the Mediazona publication identified the names of 33,236 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine since February 2022. According to journalists, this is the lowest estimate of Russian losses.

On September 30, Ukrainian drones attacked the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking at the first forum of defense industries in Kyiv, said that Ukraine is creating the world's first fleet of sea drones.

On October 1, Russian troops dropped 10 aerial bombs on the Kherson region at night.
Ukrainian drones attacked a plant in Smolensk, where, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, they produce Kh-59 missiles. There are also reports of shelling of a helicopter parking lot in Sochi.

On October 2, Russian aircraft dropped an aerial bomb on Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, there are wounded.
Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on the transfer of salaries of captured Ukrainians to their families.
The authorities of Kharkiv announced plans to build an underground school in the city so that children can study during the shelling.
EU foreign ministers at a meeting in Kyiv failed to reach an agreement on the allocation of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 5 billion euros in 2024. However, the European Parliament approved amendments to the EU budget until 2027, which envisage the creation of a Ukrainian fund in the amount of 50 billion euros.

On October 3, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had liberated the villages of Arkhangelskoye and Myrolyubovka in the Kherson region.

Reuters published an investigation into the Russian units "Storm Z", which are used in the most difficult areas of the Ukrainian front. According to the agency, this is an analogue of penal battalions - guilty servicemen are sent here.

On October 4, the Russian army shelled the Kherson region 78 times, firing 445 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, aircraft, and UAVs. There are wounded.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported the suppression of an attempt to land in Crimea by a sabotage group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, heading towards Cape Tarkhankut on a high-speed military boat and three jet skis.
The social network VKontakte has begun blocking posts by relatives of those mobilized for the war in Ukraine, the authors of which demand that their loved ones be returned home. The reason for blocking is the demand of the Prosecutor General's Office dated February 24, 2022, No. 27-31-2020 / Id2145-22, which concerns "unreliable" information about the war in Ukraine.

On October 5, 51 people were killed and 6 were wounded as a result of shelling by Russian troops of a grocery store and a cafe in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district of Ukraine.
Russia attacked the Odessa, Nikolaev and Kirovograd regions of Ukraine with 29 Shahed drones. 24 were shot down.
Ukraine shelled the city of Rylsk in the Kursk region with cluster bombs. One person was wounded. Houses and cars were damaged. Ukrainian drones attacked infrastructure facilities in the Kursk region. Dozens of villages in the Sudzhansky, Korenevsky and Glushkovsky districts were left without electricity.
Prisoners in one of the colonies in the North Caucasus reported being recruited by the Ministry of Defense. They are offered to sign a contract to participate in the war against Ukraine and a pardon in the future.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reported on the progress of the investigation into the crash of Prigozhin's plane at the Valdai Forum. According to him, the examination showed that there was no external impact on the plane, and fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of the victims.
But few believe in the veracity of the version voiced by Putin.

On October 6, Russia shelled the center of Kharkov. A 10-year-old boy was killed, another 16 people, including an 11-month-old child, were injured.

On October 7, the Russian military shelled the village of Belenkoye in the Zaporizhzhya district with cluster munitions. Two people were killed, two were wounded. 10 houses were damaged.
In the Belgorod region, one person was killed as a result of Ukrainian shelling.

A drone was shot down in the Istrinsky district near Moscow.

On October 8, Russia shelled the Kherson region, 11 people were wounded. As a result of an Iskander missile strike in the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, four people were wounded, including a child.

On October 9, 37 combat clashes took place on the front. Ukraine repels attacks in the areas of Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka in the Bakhmut direction.

On the night of October 10, Russia attacked Ukraine with 36 Shahed drones. 27 of them were shot down.

On October 11, Russian troops are trying to encircle units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdiivka area.

The United States announced new military aid to Ukraine: AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles, ammunition for HIMARS missile systems, TOW anti-tank missiles, artillery shells. Germany intends to supply Leopard tanks and IRIS-T air defense systems.

On October 12, three people, including a child, were killed and two others were seriously injured when a drone fell on the outskirts of Belgorod.
The publication “Mozhem Poysheniya” discovered that the Russian authorities included payments for the families of servicemen killed in Ukraine in the draft state budget for 2024 -- approximately 100,000 dead.

On October 13, as a result of a Russian missile strike on Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, one person was killed and 23 people were injured.
The death toll from the strike on the village of Groza on October 5 has increased to 59.
The Ukrainian Navy reported the defeat of two Russian ships in Sevastopol - “Pavel Derzhavin” and “Professor Nikolai Muru”. Russia denied this information.

On October 14, as a result of Russian shelling of Avdiivka, two local residents were killed and another was injured. There are also killed and wounded in the village of Bogatyr in the Donetsk region and in the city of Berislav in the Kherson region.

On October 15, Russian troops launched an active offensive in the Liman and Kupyansk directions.

On October 16, civilians were killed in shelling in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. There are wounded, private houses were destroyed, and power lines were damaged in the Kherson region.

On October 17, in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region, a tractor driver was killed while working in a field after stepping on a mine.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 9 Russian helicopters at the airfields of Luhansk and Berdyansk with long-range ATACMS missiles.

On the night of October 18, five people were killed and five more were wounded as a result of shelling in Zaporizhia.
The Russian State Duma adopted a law on the revocation of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. As stated in the explanatory note to the bill, the treaty has not been ratified by the United States, China, Egypt, Israel, and Iran, and Moscow must eliminate this imbalance.

On October 19, four people were killed as a result of Russian shelling in the Nikolaev region and in Kherson. Two civilians were wounded in the Kharkiv region, and two women in the Kherson region.
The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed stripping migrants who do not want to participate in the war against Ukraine of their Russian citizenship.

On October 20, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Krivoy Rog. One person was killed, one was wounded.
The US Department of Defense plans to send shells to Israel, which were supposed to be transferred to Ukraine as military aid.

On October 21, Russian troops unsuccessfully try to encircle Avdiivka.

As a result of Russian shelling in the Kherson region, an elderly woman was killed and another person was wounded.
Journalists confirmed the deaths of 34,857 Russian servicemen in the war, including more than 6,000 former prisoners.

On October 22, Russian missiles struck the building of the Nova Poshta terminal in the village of Korotich in the Kharkiv region. 6 people were killed, 17 were wounded.
The British Ministry of Defense estimated Russia's losses in Ukraine: 150-190 thousand killed and wounded.

On October 23, intense fighting is underway in the area of ​​Avdiivka and Maryinka in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to advance in the Bakhmut and Melitopol directions.
Relatives of those mobilized from the Kirov region recorded a video message to Putin. According to them, those mobilized from the 1195th regiment, instead of the promised service in the rear in the territories of Ukraine captured by Russia, are being sent to storm.
In the city of Biysk in the Altai Territory, a Rosgvardia employee who returned from the war killed his wife and committed suicide. Meanwhile, the authorities are asking the Russian media not to report on the crimes of the soldiers who returned from Ukraine.

On October 24, fighting is underway in the areas of Kupyansk, Kremennaya, Bakhmut and Avdiivka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces claim that Russian troops are suffering heavy losses here.

On the night of October 25, 16 people were injured by debris from Russian "Shakheds" shot down over Ukraine.
In the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, a native of Dagestan, deputy commander of the "Storm-Gladiator" company of the 503rd assault regiment, previously convicted Magomed Magomedov, was detained. He and his commander Alexander Ostashkov are suspected of killing two fellow soldiers.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported damage to the Khmelnitsky NPP caused by an attack by Russian drones.

On October 26, in the Kherson region, two people were killed, including a child, as a result of Russian artillery and mortar shelling. Four more were injured.
A drone crashed into a nuclear waste warehouse at the Kursk NPP, damaging its walls. Two more drones fell on the complex of administrative buildings of the station.
Ukrainian intelligence stated that on October 23, it organized an explosion in the occupied Berdyansk of the Zaporizhia region, which killed four Russian FSB officers. The bomb was planted in a car, which exploded near a hotel where Russian intelligence officers were staying. The GUR report called one of the victims "a war criminal who brutally tortured local Ukrainian citizens." On October 23, Russian media reported the death of one serviceman as a result of the explosion in Berdyansk. The United States announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million. Denmark announced the transfer of military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 495 million euros.

On October 27, eight firefighters were injured as a result of Russian shelling in Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast. Another seven people were wounded during the shelling of Kherson.
In Yalta, an attempt was made on the life of former Rada deputy, former leader of the Donbas separatists, collaborator Oleg Tsarev. He was shot. The FSB opened a criminal case under the article "Encroachment on the life of a statesman or public figure."
US National Security Representative John Kirby said that Russian commanders are shooting their soldiers who refuse to obey the order to go to the front lines.
The United States announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $150 million. Denmark - on the transfer of military equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 495 million euros.
At the EU summit, most countries supported the new aid to Kyiv and approved the plan to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. Germany transferred the third IRIS-T air defense system to Ukraine.

On October 28, Colonel General Viktor Afzalov became the new Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Previously, this position was held by Sergei Surovikin.
The bodies of nine people, including two children, with gunshot wounds were found in a private house in the city of Volnovakha in the Russian-controlled territory of Donetsk Oblast. A Russian serviceman is suspected of murder.

On October 29, a fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, presumably caused by a drone strike.

An international conference on achieving peace in Ukraine opened in Malta.

On October 30, seven people were wounded in Russian shelling in Kherson.
Ukrainian naval drones attacked Sevastopol. Maritime and vehicle traffic was stopped on the Crimean Bridge.

On October 31, in the Bakhmut area, Russian troops switched from defense to active operations.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces strike targets in Crimea.
Two Russian contract soldiers from the Far East suspected of mass murder in Volnovakha have been detained.
The FSB announced the detention of the coordinator of the assassination attempt on Oleg Tsarev. According to the special service, the detained Yalta resident was recruited by the SBU.