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
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Kupyansk-Lyman Area
East of Borova, village Nadiya was confirmed to be under Ukrainian control.
Ukrainians advanced in the area northeast of Lyman, entering village Zarichne.
Kramatorsk-Slovyansk-Druzhkivka Area
East of Slovyansk, Ukrainians liberated village Pyskunivka.
Fighting continued in Rai-Oleksandrivka.
East of Kramatorsk, Ukrainians pushed Russians from the outskirts of Vasyutynske.
Southwest of Druzhkivka, Ukrainians cleared Russians from villages Krasnyi Kut, Toretske, Torske, and Pryyut.
A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The front east of Lyman, Slovyansk and Kramatorsk by the morning, 9 October 2026. All information on the maps is approximate.
Pokrovsk-Dobropillya Area
Russians advanced towards the city of Dobropillya in the space between villages Vilne and Novyi Donbas.
South of the same city, Russians completed the capture of village Shevchenko, and entered villages Svitle and Vodyanske.
Russians advanced west of Hryshyne.
Zaporizhzhia Area – East
Ukrainians advanced in the area of village Perebudova.
Ukrainians advanced east of Voskresenka reaching village Fedorivka.
Russians completed the capture of village Sviatopetrivka.
Zaporizhzhia Area – South
Ukrainians pushed Russians back on the western outskirts of Mala Tokmachka.
Russians pushed forward in Novoandriivka.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.