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Russo-Ukraine War - 02 September 2025 - Day 1287

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Russian military activity has reduced in the Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts as Russian Ground Forces (RGF) relocate elements of its forces to other parts of the frontline. The relocation of forces is highly likely part of an attempt to increase pressure on priority axes, including in Donetsk Oblast. Open source reporting indicates that in the last two days, Ukrainian forces successfully conducted counter attacks to the west of Kupiansk, an important logistical hub in Kharkiv oblast. Russia had made significant gains in efforts to envelop Kupiansk over the last month.

In the northern Donetsk region over the past ten days, Russian forces have advanced through and are contesting the Serebryansk forest. Russian forces have consolidated positions along the adjacent Siverskyi Donets river, serving as a natural defensive barrier. RGF are almost certainly using the forest as partial cover against uncrewed aerial systems with a likely eventual objective towards Yampil, approximately 10 km west of their current position. If Yampil is captured, it will likely serve as a potential launch point for assaults onto the city of Lyman, a key rail logistics hub 9 km north west of Yampil.

Pokrovsk likely remains Russia's priority axis, and the focus for the largest proportion of Russian assaults relative to the rest of the frontline. Russian forces are using a variety of assault methods including motorcycle swarming and small group probing attacks in attempts to infiltrate Ukrainian positions.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of this day, there have been 122 combat clashes.

Today, the Russian invaders made 52 aviation strikes, dropped 79 controlled air bombs. In addition, the Russians involved 1,922 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,344 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.
Ukrainian defenders repelled four Russian attacks in the North Slobozhansky and Kursky directions, two more combat clashes are ongoing. Since the beginning of the day, the Russian enemy launched four air strikes, dropped a total of 12 controlled air bombs and carried out 136 artillery shells, including three from the reactive systems of arson fire.
In the South-Slobozhansk direction, Ukrainian troops stopped six Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Krasne Pershe and Vovchansk, two more fighting clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces carried out six offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Kupiansk and Petropavlivka. So far, one combat is being sharpened.
In the Lyman direction during the day, Russian zagarbniki attacked the positions of Ukrainians fifteen times near the settlements of Grekivka, Karpivka, Kolodyazi and towards the settlement of Dronivka. Six combat clashes are ongoing so far.
In the Sívers бряkomu direction, the Defense Forces repelled twelve Russian attacks near Grigorivka, Viymka, Serebryanka and Fedorivka.
In the Kramators ксоkomu direction, there are currently three combat clashes. Russian Zagarbnik tried to move towards the settlements of Stupochka and Predtečina.
In the Toretsky direction Russians attacked the positions of Defense Forces twelve times. The main efforts of the invasion were concentrated in the areas of the settlements of Cherbinivka, Toretsk, Yablunivka, Poltavka. Three fighting clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Zagarbnic сіkí units 23 times tried to break through Ukrainian defense in the areas of settlements Mayak, Novo Shahove, Vilne, Dachne, Novoekonomíčne, Mirolûbívka, Mirnograd, Ray, Lisivka, Udačne and in the direction of Pokrovsk.
Today in this direction Ukrainian warriors zneškodili 110 Russian occupiers, of them 74 - irrevocably. Four motorcycles, 80 unmanned aircraft, three cannons and four drone control points were also destroyed.
In the Novopavlovsky direction, Russian forces attacked seventeen times in the areas of settlements Ivanivka, Novohatske, Andriyivka-Klevtsove, Oleksandrograd, Burlatske, Sichneve, Shevchenko, Obratne and towards Komyshuvaha. One Russian attack is still going on.
The enemy has not carried out offensive actions in Gulyaipilsky and Orihivskky directions since the beginning of the day.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, the Russian opponent attacked three times in the direction of the settlement of Antonívka. The defense forces have successfully repelled all Russian attacks. The settlement of Mykolaivka suffered an aviation strike.
In other directions, the situation has not changed significantly.