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Russo-Ukraine War - 03 September 2025 - Day 1288

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 Ukrainian Government officials have stated that Russia is conscripting young Ukrainians into the Russian military once they turn 18, significant numbers of which were abducted from illegally invaded and occupied Ukrainian territories as children. Some are then reportedly being forced to take a direct part in the conflict against their fellow Ukrainians.

More than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred or deported by the Russian authorities to mainland Russia and the illegally occupied territory of Crimea, with some open source reports estimating the total number deported to be as high as 35,000. An estimated 6,000 Ukrainian children have been relocated to a network of re-education camps, from which they are reportedly sent on to military training depots when they reach their late teens.

The Russian senior leadership almost certainly views, at least in part, abducted Ukrainian children as a potential source of both current, and future personnel for the Russian military. The Russian senior leadership highly likely perceives that their potential deaths in the Russian military will entail minimal if any objection or protest from the Russian public, the vast majority of whom have limited if any awareness of the abductions.

The abduction and forced conscription of Ukrainian children into the Russian military fits into the Russian senior leadership's long-standing Russification policy in illegally occupied Ukrainian territory, which seeks to extirpate Ukrainian culture, identity and statehood.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of this day, there have been 147 combat clashes.

Today the occupiers made 4 rockets and 51 aviation strikes, applied 28 rockets, dropped 80 controlled air bombs. In addition, the Russians involved 2069 kamikaze drones and carried out 3574 shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

Ukrainian defenders repelled five Russian attacks in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursky directions. Since the beginning of the day, the Russian enemy has launched 8 air strikes, dropped 24 controlled air bombs in total and carried out 243 artillery shells, including three from the reactive systems of the arson fire.
In the South-Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian troops stopped eight Russian attacks in the area of the settlement of Vovchansk and in the direction of Kutkivka, another combat is still ongoing.
In the Kupyansky direction, Russian forces committed five offensive actions in the area of the settlement Zagrizove and towards Kupyansk, Petropavlivki. So far, one combat is being sharpened.
In the Lyman direction during the day, Russian invaders 34 times attacked the positions of Ukrainians near the settlements of Novomikhailivka, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Kolodyazi, Torske, Serebryanka and in the direction of the New Mir, Shandrigolovy, Drobishevy, Yampol, Dronivka, Siversk. Three fighting clashes are still ongoing.
In the Sívers Сиkomu direction, the Defense Forces repelled five Russian attacks near Grigorivka and towards Serebryanka, Viymki.
Seven combat clashes are currently recorded in the Kramators Наkomu direction. Russian Zagarbnik tried to move towards the settlements of Pazeno and Stupočka. One fight is being sharpened so far.
In the Toretsky direction, Russians attacked the positions of Defense Forces five times. The main efforts of the invasion were concentrated by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Diliyivka, Cherbinivka, Katerynivka and towards Pleschiyivka and Poltavka.
In the Pokrovsky direction Russian zagarbnicki units 49 times tried to break through Ukrainian defense in the areas of settlements Shahove, Zapovidne, Zatishok, Fedorivka, Novoekonomíčne, Mirolubivka, Lisivka, Kotline, Udaachne, Gorihove and in the direction of settlements New Donbas, Rodinske, Mirnograd, Beam, Dry Yar, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Molodetske. Four combat clashes are ongoing so far.
Today in this direction Ukrainian warriors zneshkodili 131 occupiers, of them 84 - bezovorotno. Three motorcycles, three units of automotive equipment, a special equipment unit, a cannon, 68 unmanned aircraft were also destroyed and a motorcycle, a canon, six shelters for the Russian enemy's personnel were damaged.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the Russian enemy attacked 10 times in the areas of settlements Yalta, Zeleny Gai, Voskresrenko, Komishuvakha and in the direction of Novomikhailivka. One enemy attack is still going on.
In the gulyajpils Наkomu direction from the beginning of the day, the Russian enemy did not carry out offensive actions.
In the Orikhiv direction, Russian forces made two attempts to break through the defense of Ukrainian defenders in the direction of settlements Novodanilivka and Plavna.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, the Russian opponent once attacked towards the settlement of Antonívka.
In other directions, the situation has not changed significantly.