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
Near the international border in the east, Russians re-entered village Odradne.
Kupyansk-Lyman Area
In the north, Ukrainians pushed Russians out of village Kutkivka, and advanced east entering the western outskirts of the town of Dvorichna.
Ukrainians also advanced in the space between Dvorichna and Zapadne towards Masyutivka.
Southeast of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi, Russians pushed forward in village Kivsharivka.
Ukrainians cleared Russians from the southeastern and northern outskirts of Lyman.

A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The front in the area of Dvorichna by the morning, 8 September 2026. All information on the maps is approximate.
Kramatorsk-Slovyansk-Druzhkivka Area
East of Druzhkivka, Russians entered village Popasne after advancing from the southeast.
Heavy fighting continued within the city of Kostyantynivka.
Pokrovsk-Dobropillya Area
South of the city of Dobropillya, Russians advanced in Shevchenko, pushing further northwest of it and entering villages Matyasheve and Dobropillya.
Zaporizhzhia Area – East
In the northeast, Ukrainians completed the liberation of village Zaporizhzhia.
Nearby, Ukrainians entered villages Perebudova and Komar.
Further south, Ukrainians advanced from Voskresenka towards Fedorivka, and approached Shevchenko from the north.
Northwest of Temyrivka, Russians re-established control over village Novomykolaivka.
Ukrainians reached the northern outskirts of village Solodke.
Russians completed the capture of village Staroukrainka.
Zaporizhzhia Area – South
In the east, Russians pushed forward within village Bilohirya.
Russians pushed forward within the city of Orikhiv.
Further west, Russians likely completed the capture of villages Shcherbaky and Maly Shcherbaky.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.

