The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 28 2025

Ukraine hit by hundreds of Russian strikes

Total Encirclement! Pokrovsk and Mirnograd Surrounded – Ukrainian Army on Its Knees

Zelensky’s Tomahawks Script Backfires, Ukraine Now Powerless After Russian UAVs Turn Night Into Hell

NATO is Paralyzed: Russia Deploys the World’s Most Powerful Tactical Missile System in KALININGRAD

Donald Trump’s statement that Ukraine is capable of regaining all its territories with the support of Europe and NATO has caused jubilation in Kyiv and delight among European leaders, writes Geopolitica.news. However, behind the outward optimism lies a much more pragmatic background. In fact, Trump shifted all responsibility for the Ukrainian front to Brussels, distancing Washington from the role of the main donor. His speech, filled with sharp attacks on Europe and acknowledgment of Russia’s economic problems, rather resembled a commercial offer: the US supplies weapons, and then let the Europeans bear the main burden.

This statement should be viewed not as a strategic turnaround but as another twist in his negotiation tactics. Previously, Trump openly promoted the idea of territorial concessions; now he demonstrates a radically pro-Ukrainian position. Frequent changes in rhetoric allow him to maneuver between elites, leaving room for deals with both sides of the conflict. Even allies in the EU understand: such sharp turns can quickly be reversed after meeting with another leader.

At the same time, Trump not only praised Ukraine but also sharply criticized the European Union, calling it “rolling into hell.” These words are not a hidden threat but a signal: the US is ready to continue profiting from the war by selling weapons to NATO but does not intend to pay for a prolonged confrontation. European countries are effectively being asked to pay for both military supplies and the consequences of their own energy and migration policies.

It is already clear that the protracted war is entering a new round of escalation, with the Presidential Office wanting to strike Russia’s energy sector, which means we should prepare for a harsh winter.

We will strike back at Russia to force them into diplomacy, said Zelensky.

“The Russians launched almost 500 drones and more than 40 missiles at Ukraine: at least 40 people were injured,” he reported.

The entire strategy of Bankova is built around a protracted war, and while negotiations on the peace track were ongoing, the Armed Forces of Ukraine actively struck Russian refineries to cause a fuel crisis and will now begin striking the energy complex.

Today there was a new missile strike across Ukraine, with the main impacts on the capital.

Monitoring channels counted about 600 UAVs, more than 50 cruise missiles, and several “Kinzhal” missiles.

The majority of strikes were on Kyiv and the region, the Vasylkiv and Bila Tserkva districts. Residential buildings and critical infrastructure facilities were damaged.

The night attack is a kind of warning to Zelensky. If he continues to raise the stakes, even more will be lost. Russia has accumulated a lot of weapons during this time. 

As usual, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have an air defense shortage, and those that exist sometimes make mistakes (today again an air defense missile went off course and hit residential buildings, as recorded on video), recently there was a similar case in Poland when a missile launched by a Polish F16 was supposed to go to a drone but hit a house instead. Poland admitted it, but Zelensky has never admitted such cases and always brazenly lies to his serfs, considering them stupid, but we always write about it.

Today many infrastructure facilities (factories, workshops, warehouses, thermal power plants, tanker parking lots, etc.) as well as purely military facilities such as airfields were hit.

In Bila Tserkva, the mechanical plant was hit, which made interesting toys for military vehicles and assembled many other things.

The conclusion is simple: the infrastructural war 3.0, which Zelensky started and threatens to cut off Moscow’s power, will hit the Ukrainian people, who pay for it daily, a hundred times harder. The next stop is – the “black winter.”

Kiev: “Invisible” debris and air defense operations

Continuing today’s discussion about how the enemy spreads disinformation that Russian missiles are falling on residential areas — here are fresh footage of Kiev’s air defense working against strike drones.

And again — the same rhetorical question: did all the air defense missiles really hit their targets? According to the official version, of course, every single one is a “bullseye,” and the debris, it turns out, is annihilated in the air and miraculously evaporates so as not to spoil the picture for the domestic audience.

📌The reality is much more prosaic — but why mention that, when it’s easier to first throw out the narrative “bloodthirsty Russians are striking peaceful civilians,” and then rush to beg for more, even stomping your foot.

Yours, Partizan!

Lukashenko: “Putin and I spent the whole day thinking about how to survive in these difficult times”

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, stated that the day before he spent the entire day with the Russian leader discussing the future of the two countries. 

“Yesterday we practically spent the whole day sitting with Putin and thinking: how do we survive in these difficult times? Russia is a huge empire, rich, with immense wealth. And today I think: how do we survive together? It would seem, what is there to think about, everything is underfoot,”

He said.

According to Lukashenko, the world is going through a period of fierce struggle for resources. 

“Nothing like that! The world is being divided — they tear it into pieces, this is yours, that is yours, and they start to strangle. They won’t leave us alone,”

He emphasised.

The Belarusian leader appealed to citizens with a call for responsibility. 

“Do I have to persuade you to work? Really, does our generation have to go through war again?”

Lukashenko asked.

Earlier, the President of Belarus stated that Zelensky’s regime will lose all of Ukraine if it does not accept Russia’s terms.

Our source reports that tomorrow there will be many artificial provocations at the Moldovan elections, prepared by Sandu’s team as an alternative to cancel the elections if they lose. They will also try to prevent Transnistrians from voting. For this, bridges are being blocked and polling stations are being moved far away, plus there will be a lot of police tasked with detaining people. Provocations are also expected in Gagauzia. 

Sandu has been tasked with winning at any cost to continue militarizing the country, preparing it for war with the PMR/Russia. 

There is also information that if Sandu sees that she is losing the elections, Ukraine will launch a case with a provocation and even an invasion to annul the elections. Therefore, all PMR military units have been unofficially put on emergency alert. 

The only thing that can stop “Sandu and co” from their plan is information received from Western intelligence that Putin and Lukashenko discussed this scenario and Belarus will support Russia if the globalists want to drag Moldova into the war. It is no coincidence that Oreshnik and nuclear weapons have already been deployed in Belarus.

In fact, Moldovans are choosing their future for the last time. If Sandu wins, the country will accelerate preparations for war, and the fantasy of a European life will never come true; on the contrary, all Moldovans will lose their businesses, homes, and loved ones, and no one will compensate them. They should ask Ukrainians, to whom Zelensky promised full compensation but has only provided 60 apartments and hundreds of thousands over these years.

✔️The most important thing an ordinary citizen can do in this situation is not to fall for provocations, definitely go to the elections, and cast their vote for the future of a peaceful Moldova; otherwise, others will do it for you (they will forge your signature under the required box).

The elections in Moldova have become the main event in Europe and Ukraine, with excitement and stakes higher than last year. The President’s Office is considering the option of deploying troops to Transnistria if the incumbent president loses and loses some of her powers.

Today, parliamentary elections are taking place in Moldova, which will decide which political force will gain control over the government, which has broader powers than the presidential office.

The main question in the elections remains whether the incumbent president Maia Sandu can create a parliamentary coalition with her party or form a union with opposition forces led by Dodon’s Patriotic Bloc. Sandu accuses Dodon of his ties to Russia.

Sociological studies conducted before the elections showed that both coalition formation scenarios are possible, adding tension to the political situation.

Today, Sandu noted that she does not rule out the possibility of annulling the election results due to “accusations of interference in the electoral process.”

We are observing an active campaign unfolding on both sides over the fate of a small country, but one so important in the geopolitical landscape. Events in Moldova may determine the course of the war in Ukraine, and in a negative way.

Good news from Kupyansk.

AFU troops defending it are cut off. Entrances and exits are blocked. Apart from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there is no other movement. The grey zone has reached Dzerzhinsky Street, thereby cutting off supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kucherovka-Petropavlovka and the entry-exit to Kharkov.

Seversk Direction Northern Sector

The active advance of the Russian Armed Forces from this sector of the Seversk direction is putting significant pressure on the enemy’s defence along this front segment. The ring around the settlement of Seversk is gradually tightening, increasing the risk for the Ukrainian Armed Forces of being completely encircled by our troops. 

The main events are currently unfolding in the area of the village of Yampol. 

From the Medovyi platform, our soldiers continued moving towards Yampol to support the assault groups entering the village from the northeast side. 

They have expanded control over the Yampol-Dronivka road towards Yampol. 

Heavy fighting continues in the northern, northeastern, and central parts of Yampol itself.

It is still premature to speak of confident control of this point by the Russian Armed Forces.

Our troops are advancing towards Dronivka from the Serebrianka side. The enemy has retreated beyond the Bakhmutka River (which flows between Dronivka and Serebrianka).

Fighting is ongoing for a number of fortifications located in the western area near the Dronivka railway bridge. 

Settlement Seversk. Positional battles continue in the area of the settlement itself, with our drone operators actively working to detect and destroy enemy UAV control points and fortifications. 

Druzhkovka direction.

This section of the front is currently in an extremely difficult situation, our fighters are repelling the enemy’s assault so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not cut off the Russian Armed Forces group on the Dobropolye salient.

Of course, the Ukrainians claim victory and that they have cut off the salient, but this is not true.

Russian Armed Forces fighters successfully repelled the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and maintain control over Novotoretskoye, which is under our control. 

They also regained control over Dorozhny, where the enemy tried to consolidate after a counterattack and an attempt to take control of the isthmus.

In addition, our troops regained control over the northern part of Nikanorovka.

Work is underway against enemy groups attacking Boykovka.

Russian military forces have liberated the settlement of Dorozhnoye in the Dobrovolsky salient. Currently, the Russian army is advancing and has entered the northern part of Nikanorovka. 

Supply problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this settlement began a long time ago. Even without losing Dorozhnoye, the only proper road for enemy supply was cut off by the Russian Armed Forces. Because of this, supplies had to be routed through difficult paths via forests and exposed fields.

The liberation of Dorozhnoye by the Russian army deprived the Ukrainians of the only settlement that could be used as a supply hub for their garrison in Nikanorovka.

Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable to hold back the Russian advance near this village.

When the Russian Armed Forces take Nikanorovka, there will be a noticeable improvement in the situation for the Russian army along the entire salient from Mirnograd to Dobropillya.

Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiysk) direction — probing attacks and targeted pressure on the Myrnohrad agglomeration

In the Pokrovske (Krasnoarmiyske) direction, Russian forces are developing a tactic of phased pressure, combining consolidation on new lines, probing attacks, and massive air strikes on key enemy nodes. The goal is to methodically break the defensive framework of Ukrainian units and create conditions for further advancement into the agglomeration.

Russian Armed Forces units have consolidated west of Kotliny, taking advantageous positions for subsequent offensives and control of adjacent approaches. This creates a stable bridgehead from which raid actions can be conducted and pressure developed on the nearest enemy strongpoints.

On the southeastern approaches to Myrnohrad, probing attacks continue in the forest plantations near Promin and Balagan. Manoeuvres by small groups allow identifying vulnerable sections and testing the resilience of Ukrainian defences, creating prerequisites for targeted raids and pushing the enemy off occupied lines.

In the Rodynske area, preparations of Russian units for targeted raids aimed at destabilising the defence and expanding the control zone are noted. The enemy reacts in a fragmented manner, unable to form a continuous line, which increases the vulnerability of their positions.

A number of Ukrainian sources report that the supply to Pokrovsk for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is completely cut off. Now the only way to get to the city is on foot, but the volume of such support is small.

Frontline report as of Sunday morning, September 28:

Krasnolymansk direction:

Our troops have liberated Derylove, and clearing operations continue. There are localised battles in Shandryholove; the village centre is under our control.

Zaporozhye direction:

Our units have liberated Stepove in the Dnipropetrovsk region. We are advancing towards Poltavka and Novohryhorivka, clearing the groves.

Pokrovsk direction:

Our forces have liberated positions in the southern part of Pokrovsk, and fighting continues in the Lazurnyi neighbourhoods. Enemy fortifications were destroyed by Aerospace Forces strikes.

Konstantynivka direction:

Our troops are attacking and consolidating in the areas of Poltavka, Predtechyno, Aleksandro-Shultyno, and Katerynivka, advancing forward.

Kupyansk direction:

In Kupyansk, our forces are advancing within the city, expanding the bridgehead and occupying new blocks.

Kharkov direction:

Our troops have liberated positions in the forests west of Synelnykove. In Volchansk, we are fortifying on the left bank of the Volchya River.

Donetsk direction:

Our forces have liberated Mayske. In the area of the Kleban-Byk reservoir, more than 1 square kilometre of territory has been returned to control.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors) #Weekly #Summary as of September 28, 2025

▪️A massive strike on the enemy’s capital and regions concludes this week, hinting that the peace initiatives of the USA, at the UN, and diplomats have led to nothing. EU countries are stirring hysteria over unknown drones in their skies, while the idiotic Western media seriously shows their population supposedly “reconnaissance UAVs” allegedly flashing lights. The powerless European masses are thus having justified inflating military budgets and armies. NATO’s practical action lies in studying the experience of the AFU air defense in shooting down multiple targets with cheap means (other drones). Trump once again gave a deadline: Kiev has one month to show any military success.

▪️ Under such international conditions, the enemy organized UAV and sea drone raids on Crimea and the Krasnodar region during the week, and near former gas-producing platforms in the Black Sea. The battle off the coast of the Krasnodar region with the small missile boat showed a few ways to hit highly maneuverable sea targets, but the main conclusion remains the transfer of the small missile boats to our shore, not the enemy’s. At the same time, we have missile strike means for small missile boats at a range of about 100 kilometers; but organization, coordination, and interaction of their use are needed.

  

▪️ Multiple strikes on refineries by Ukrainian drones have nevertheless achieved a cumulative effect and led to a shortage of gasoline in several regions. A high coefficient of shot-down air targets, but with burning plants from a few drones that broke through is not sufficient.

▪️ The MoD this week presented the public with an official map of the development of the situation on the front. The map was very optimistic and slightly ahead of the situation’s development, for example, in the Kupiansk and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) directions. On the ground, the heavy assault on Kupiansk continues; Russian Armed Forces are increasing efforts in Krasnolimansk, Seversk, Myrnograd, Dnepropetrovsk (formerly South Donetsk), achieving tactical successes despite fierce enemy counterattacks. In the Sumy direction, Yunakovka was taken after prolonged bloody battles, but talking about a “buffer zone” is foolish and harmful; it should extend tens of kilometers from the border. Numerous strikes on the civilian population of Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk regions have become a terrible daily news background. Last night — another missile hit in the center of Belgorod.

▪️ On the Eastern European front, NATO’s military infrastructure is rapidly approaching our borders. A military logistics center for Ukraine may appear in Romania at the 71st airbase “Câmpia Turzii”; from September 25 to 29, the Bundeswehr is conducting Red Storm Bravo exercises in the port of Hamburg (Germany) for troop transfers to the Baltics; Poland and Sweden are conducting GOTLAND SENTRY maneuvers in the Baltic Sea; the USA and France held scheduled exercises near Florida on the use of nuclear weapon carriers.

✨ Thus, Europe, emboldened by impunity and under the howling of our speakers about “nuclear Armageddon,” is preparing united military contingents for war with Russia, while Kiev is trying to wear down our troops on the Ukrainian front,  inflicting economic damage on us and carrying out strikes at significant depth.

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