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Russia’s advance in Ukraine slowed in September, capturing only 259 square kilometres, while Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Ukrainian gains. Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored Defenders’ Day.
On Wednesday, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Oleksandr Syrskyi said his army has regained control of over 2.2 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory over the past day. (IMAGE: REUTERS)
Russia’s advance into Ukraine slowed by almost half in September with Moscow capturing its smallest amount of territory since May, CNN quoted the monitoring group DeepState.
“The Russians managed to capture 259 square kilometers (100 square miles)” in September, DeepState, a Ukrainian open-source mapping site that charts the war’s front lines, said in a report released Wednesday.
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“Last month, the enemy occupied 44% less territory than in August,” it said. “Over the course of the month, the Russians managed to occupy 0.04% of the country’s total area, bringing the total figure to 19.04%,” it stated.
On Wednesday, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Oleksandr Syrskyi said his army has regained control of over 2.2 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory over the past day.
“Moreover, attack and search operations were conducted to destroy the enemy on a 3 square kilometer area in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region. Our assault units advanced from 100 meters to 1,400 meters in certain directions,” he said.
Last week, the senior Ukrainian general said that Russia’s “involves the simultaneous use of a large number of small assault groups consisting of four to six soldiers advancing using the terrain, ravines, and plantings, with the main task of penetrating as deeply as possible into our territory”.
“They come out, concentrate, advance again, and then attack our deep-seated targets, paralyze our logistics and troop rotation, and destroy our supply lines. That way, they capture territory without using large numbers of troops,” he further said. Despite it, “overall, the situation is under our control. We have had some success recently,” he added.
Meanwhile, Russia’s defense ministry last week claimed that it has gained over 3,308 square kilometres of territory in Donetsk and more than 205 square kilometres in Luhansk sicne January 1 this year.
It also said that it has gained hundreds of square kilometers of land in the regions of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk since the year began, CNN reported.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commemorated Defenders’ Day, in which he honored “everyone who has joined the defense of our state, everyone who devotes their efforts so that the entire country may prevail.”
“We thank every man and woman who defends Ukraine. And we remember the price of this defense. We remember every life,” he said in a post on X.
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October 02, 2025, 03:23 IST
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