MoD Russia
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation News in Russian - @mod_russia Регистрация в перечне владельцев страниц в соцсетях: https://clck.ru/3F4uWm
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Channel MoD Russia (@mod_russia_en) in the English language segment is an active participant. Currently, the community unites 94 912 subscribers, ranking 2 703 in the News & Media category and 5 842 in the Russia region.
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Since its creation on невідомо, the project has demonstrated rapid growth, gathering an audience of 94 912 subscribers.
According to the latest data from 09 September, 2026, the channel demonstrates stable activity. Although there has been a change in the number of participants by -639 over the last 30 days and by -3 over the last 24 hours, overall reach remains high.
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- Post reach: On average, each post receives 3 576 views. Within the first day, a publication typically gains 2 748 views.
- Reactions and interaction: The audience actively supports content: the average number of reactions per post is 172.
- Thematic interests: Content is focused on key topics such as defence, vehicle, brigade, ministry, enemy.
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“Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
News in Russian - @mod_russia
Регистрация в перечне владельцев страниц в соцсетях: https://clck.ru/3F4uWm”
Thanks to the high frequency of updates (latest data received on 10 September, 2026), the channel maintains relevance and a high level of publication reach. Analytics show that the audience actively interacts with content, making it an important point of influence in the News & Media category.
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| 2 | 'We were there: mopped up, gained foothold, and repelled four enemy attacks'
💬 The section leader with the call sign 'Mityai' told how the assault detachments of the Vostok Group of Forces captured an AFU stronghold in Zaporozhye region.
▫️ Having taken up positions, the assault groups immediately organised the defence. The enemy attempted to return the lost lines, but Russian fighters repelled counter-attacks and held the stronghold.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 563 |
| 3 | Burevestniks nullify Paladin
💥 FPV drone teams of the Burevestnik regiment detected and destroyed camouflaged U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system in the settlement of Yasnaya Polyana near Kramatorsk.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 575 |
| 4 | ❗️Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to launch group strikes against the logistics centres and seaports of Ukraine, as well as vessels used in the interests of the AFU.
💥 As a result of UAV strikes, the following targets were neutralised:
📍in the city of Nikolayev, a depot of unmanned aerial vehicles used to support the AFU;
📍in the port of Chernomorsk of Odessa region, the infrastructure of the distribution centre of the customs terminal used for unloading and storing military cargo supplied by foreign countries.
🔥In addition, at sea crossing to the port of Odessa, two dry cargo ships delivering materiel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one tugboat accompanying these ships were hit.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 952 |
| 5 | 🌙 Night's here — time to fly, no fear
Up into the sky — we're working till dawn ❤️
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 521 |
| 6 | 📆 Top News Today
🚩Keeping the pressure on: units of the Sever Group of Forces established control over Ozernoye in Kharkov region.
💥Nowhere to hide: the Russian Armed Forces continue to deliver group strikes against military industrial facilities, Ukrainian seaports and ships, as well as logistics hubs used in the interests of the AFU.
⚡️One blink, no MiG: A MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by long-range UAVs at the Vasilkovo airfield in Kiev region.
▫️The assault on Druzhkovka begins: the deputy company commander of a separate unmanned systems regiment with call sign 'Artist' reported that the Yuzhnaya Group's units secured a foothold on the outskirts of Druzhkovka, and the infantry is already carrying out successful actions to storm the settlement.
🔥A torrent of fire: rocket artillery of the Vostok and Tsentr groups of forces burned down the AFU strongholds.
👊 Awaiter drones whacked: sappers of the Tsentr Group uncovered an enemy FPV drone ambush and cleared roads on the Dobropolye direction.
🎯Recon detects – Msta eliminates: artillerymen of the Vostok Group destroyed enemy UAV control posts in Zaporozhye region.
Victory lies ahead!
#TopNews
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 498 |
| 7 | Steady in the ranks, firm in resolve▫️
#BreakingNews
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 228 |
| 8 | One blink, no MiG
💥A MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by long-range UAVs at the Vasilkovo airfield in Kiev region.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 346 |
| 9 | 💥 Tracked down and torched
📍 In Dobropolye direction, aerial reconnaissance of the Tsentr Group of Forces detected an enemy pickup truck carrying ammunition and supplies to an AFU dugout.
🎮 ZALA drone operators covertly followed the vehicle and revealed several entrances to the underground shelter, as well as locating the vehicle's parking spot.
▫️ Then a Lancet team took over: with a precision strike from the loitering munition, the fighters wiped out the enemy stronghold, destroying the dugout's entrance group and opening the way for follow-up FPV drone strikes.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 319 |
| 10 | Enemy can't catch a break: our lads are working beyond Krasny Liman, with UAVs reaching as far as Slavyansk
Our UAV operators follow the enemy beyond Krasny Liman. The Seversky Donets is under our control, and our drones are reaching as far as Slavyansk. This was reported by the Zapad Group's commander of a Molniya-2 strike UAV team of the 25th Combined Arms Army with call sign Druzhba.
'Two-storey, brick-built, solid houses that the enemy often uses for cover — they come down without any bother,' the serviceman noted.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 172 |
| 11 | ❗️ Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to deliver group strikes against military industrial facilities, Ukrainian seaports and ships, as well as logistics hubs used in the interests of the AFU.
💥 As a result of strikes employing high-precision air-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, the following targets were hit:
📍 in Nikolayev:
▫️ the Delivery logistics centre, used for storing and distributing military cargo;
▫️ the Nibulon logistics centre, used for storing equipment intended to support the AFU;
▫️ a UAV storage depot on the territory of Conveyrmash.
📍 in the port of Nikolayev, storage facilities with military equipment and fuel and lubricant tanks intended to support the AFU were struck on the territory of the Nika Tera cargo terminal.
🔥 In addition, a tugboat escorting ships into the port of Odessa was hit.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 263 |
| 12 | ▫️ Druzhkovka assault underway — infantry pushing forward
Units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces, supported by unmanned systems teams, have secured a foothold on the outskirts of Druzhkovka, and the infantry is already carrying out successful actions to storm the city. This was reported by the deputy company CO of the Group's separate unmanned systems regiment with call sign 'Artist'.
The servicemen use a standard algorithm: first they cut off the enemy's supply routes, depriving him of ammunition and provisions, and then they deploy the maximum number of strike and reconnaissance drones.
'Today, drones are the most important deterrent and the most important factor
factor enabling our valiant infantry to advance,' the serviceman says.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 546 |
| 13 | 🔥 Enemy encircled — drones are on the move
In Kharkov region, drone operators of the Sever Group of Forces continue to eliminate encircled AFU formations. Air strikes hit a dugout, an enemy UAV control post and enemy military vehicles.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 624 |
| 14 | From 100 km out: AFU underground shelters obliterated
🔥 The Tsentr Group's Tornado-S MLRS crew eliminated a concealed AFU stronghold near Zolotoy Kolodez in the DPR. The enemy had built an extensive network of underground shelters and dug-in bunkers there.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 722 |
| 15 | 🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 9 September 2026
Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)
📍 The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one unmanned systems brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, three national guard brigades, and the Azov Special Operations Brigade close to Andreyevka, Novoroitskoye, Sergeyevka, Dobropolye (Donetsk People's Republic), Maryevka, Novoandreyevka, Novopavlovka, and Kolona-Mezhevaya (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 425 troops, two Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and one Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 counter-fire radar station.
↗️ The Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two assault brigades, two air assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the AFU close to Samoylovka, Svetlaya Dolina, Barvinovka, Nikolskoye, Chervony Yar, Omelnik (Zaporozhye region), Podgavrilovka, and Pokrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 315 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, and 10 motor vehicles.
💥 Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU near Orekhov, Yulyevka, Grigorovka, and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).
▪️ Up to 40 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 19 motor vehicles, three electronic warfare stations, and one radar station were neutralised.
✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the assembly facilities of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage areas, the fuel, power, transport and logistics infrastructure of Ukraine, ammunition depots used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 141 areas.
▫️ Air defence systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs, three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one Neptune long-range cruise missile, and 1,185 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
⚓️ The Black Sea Fleet eliminated six uncrewed surface vehicles of the Ukrainian Navy in the north-western part of the Black Sea.
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:
▫️ 674 aircraft,
▫️ 284 helicopters,
▫️ 231,289 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 672 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 30,866 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,776 MLRS fighting vehicles,
▫️ 36,406 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 71,437 special military vehicles.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 490 |
| 16 | The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
🚩 In Kharkov region, units of the Sever Group of Forces are shrinking the inner ring of the enemy's formations. As a result of active actions, Ozernoye (Kharkov region) was taken under control.
💥 In addition, the AFU units were hit in the 'pocket' of Malaya Volchya, Commissarovo, and Buzovo (Kharkov region).
🔥 On the outer ring, enemy manpower and hardware were neutralised close to Novoaleksandrovka, Prikolotnoye, and Olkhovatka (Kharkov region).
▪️ During the day, the AFU losses amounted to up to 35 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two ATVs, and four ground-based robotic systems. Assault groups thwarted two enemy attempts to break the ring close to Sliznevo and Dolzhanka (Kharkov region).
💥 In Kharkov region, units of two mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade have been hit near Lozovaya, Ternovaya, Doroshenkovo, Karasevka, Moskalevka, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
🔥 In Sumy region, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Partizanskoye, Chervonoye, Nikolskoye, Stepanovka, and Stetskovka (Sumy region).
▪️ In total, the enemy lost more than 205 troops, 22 motor vehicles, and one RADA RPS-42 counter-fire radar station in the Sever Group's area of responsibility.
📍 The Zapad Group's units took more advantageous lines and positions. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Nizhsheye Solennoye, Chervony Oskol, Andreyevka, Monachinovka (Kharkov region), Glubokaya Makatikha, Karpovka, Raygorodok, and Starodubovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 troops, 17 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, and two electronic warfare stations.
↗️ The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Formations of five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, three airmobile brigades, one mountain assault brigade, and one air assault brigade of the AFU have been hit near Slavyansk, Gornyak, Kramatorsk, Nikolayevka, Druzhkovka, Klinovoye, Vysokoivanovka, Nikolaypolye, and Krany Molochar (Donetsk People's Republic).
▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, two Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
👉 See Part 2
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 262 |
| 17 | ⚡️ The Sever Group of Forces established control over Ozernoye in Kharkov region.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry | 2 287 |
| 18 | 💥 Recon revealed them — Msta eliminated
📍 Chervony Yar, Zaporozhye region.
The enemy deployed UAV control posts in buildings and treelines, from where they launched reconnaissance drones and heavy hexacopters. Reconnaissance units quickly revealed these positions, and the Vostok Group's artillerymen swiftly finished the job.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 428 |
| 19 | 👊 40 awaiter drones whacked
The Tsentr Group's EOD specialists, while clearing a road in Dobropolye direction, revealed an ambush — more than 40 enemy FPV drones lying in wait.
The lads launched drones with drop systems and wiped out the entire hidden swarm with pinpoint strikes from the air. All the drones were destroyed. The route is clear.
Flawless work by our sappers 🤌
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 2 927 |
| 20 | ❗️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to launch group strikes against military industry facilities, sea ports of Ukraine, and ships, as well as logistics centres operating in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ground-based and air-based high-precision weapons and drones hit:
📍 in Kiev:
▫️ a depot of enterprise manufacturing uncrewed surface vehicles and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as their components;
📍 in Nikolayev and Nikolayev region:
▫️ the Nika Terra cargo terminal used for storage of fuel and lubricants and military equipment of the AFU (three fuel and lubricants tanks intended for supply of the AFU, and three military cargo depots), as well as a UAV production workshop and storage depot located on the site of the terminal;
▫️ the Metro logistics centre, which is used to store military cargo and materiel intended to support the AFU;
▫️ the ATP STC logistics centre used to store military cargo and materiel intended to support the AFU;
▫️the Novaya Pochta logistics centre used to deliver, distribute and store military supplies and equipment intended to support the AFU;
▫️ the Nikolayev-2 logistics centre used to store military cargo and materiel intended to support the AFU;
▫️ the Electrotekhnika logistics centre used to store and distribute UAVs and their spare parts;
▫️ the Dimetra warehouse terminal used to store AFU military materiel;
▫️ the Zhovtnevoye logistics depot used to storage fuel, lubricants, and military materiel of the AFU (six fuel and lubricants tanks intended for supply of the AFU, and five depots with military supplies have been destroyed);
▫️ the Trikhaty power substation, which operates the port of Nikolayev;
📍 in the port of Nikolayev – four tanks with fuel and lubricants and one depot with military equipment intended to support the AFU.
💥 In addition, the following targets were neutralised:
▫️ at sea crossing to the port of Odessa, a dry cargo ship delivering military cargo to Ukraine;
▫️ the logistics facilities of the Starokazachye road crossing point used to deliver military supplies to Ukraine.
🔹Russian Defence Ministry | 3 042 |
