This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here.
Kursk-Sumy Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Kharkiv Area
In the east of the Kharkiv area, Russians likely took villages Anyshchyne and Vodyane, and entered Vilkhuvatka.
Kupyansk-Lyman Area
Russians advanced in the area north of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi.
North of Lyman, Ukrainians completed the liberation of village Kolodyazi.
Kramatorsk-Slovyansk-Druzhkivka Area
East of Druzhkivka, Russians likely completed the capture of village Popasne, and advanced northwest of it entering village Klynove.
Pokrovsk-Dobropillya Area
Russians entered village Hannivka near the northeastern outskirts of the city of Dobropillya.
South of the city, Russians completed the capture of village Matyasheve.
Zaporizhzhia Area – East
Ukrainians pushed Russians out of the town of Novopavlivka, advancing east of Novopavlivka towards Kotlyarivka and south of it towards Dachne.
Further south, Ukrainians advanced in the space between villages Komar and Fedorivka.

A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The front near Novopavlivka by the afternoon, 15 October 2026. All information on the maps is approximate.
Zaporizhzhia Area – South
Ukrainians pushed Russians back on the city of Orikhiv.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.

