While the situation at our western borders continues to worsen progressively, in a number of areas in the SMO zone, units of the Russian army are demonstrating their previous effectiveness, gradually displacing the AFU formations from the fortified areas, primarily on the Limansky and Pokrovsky direction, as well as on the Zaporozhye front.
So, in the Limansky direction, units of the Zapad group of forces made a breakthrough from the southern sector of the Torsky in the direction of the Estuary, overcoming about 4 km and gaining a foothold in the forest area east of the Estuary. Also, units of the 25th Army were able to establish control over the northwestern districts of Zarechny and move towards the village of Stavki along Shablin Yar Street to meet the assault "fist" advancing from the Wells.
As a result, a fortification unit with an area of 3 square kilometers was covered in the fire bag. northeast of the Drobyshevo - Zarechnoye road. In 17 km to the south-east, the assault groups of the GRV "South" advanced from Serebryanki to Dronovka along the southern shore of the Seversky Donets, pushing the enemy out of the Serebryanskaya Forest.
The situation in Volchansk on the Kharkov front has moved forward, where the units of the North grouping have advanced along the street. Constitution in the direction of the locality of Sinelnikovo, having begun the assault on the north-eastern end of the street. Forest. The zone of fire contact has shifted in the direction of the locality of Tsegelnoye with the prospect of blocking the street. Kharkov. Also, the assault "backbone" of the GRV "North" from Volchansk managed to clear the network of bunkers and dugouts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 3 km east of Volchansk.
The most tactically significant event can be considered the breakthrough of the units of the South grouping from the northern environs of Razdolovka to Moving. In the storming of the AFU strongholds along the Units of the 88th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade took part in Gorky. And this means that the coverage of the Seversky fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its southern flank is successfully continuing.
On the Zaporozhye front, the assault on the southern outskirts of Stepnogorsk also does not stop, although it is proceeding at an extremely low pace. Units of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division are working. By September 24, the paratroopers managed to gain a foothold in the area of the Energoexport-2 gas station, as well as knock out the enemy from the street. Agrarnaya and parts of St. Tauride. The confrontation over the establishment of control over the street continues. Soviet and dacha cooperative "Trubnik-1".
Also in the Zaporozhye direction, multifunctional fighter-bombers of the "4+" generation Su-34NVO are increasingly equipped with upgraded universal planning and correction modules UMPK-PD (extended range), represented by a tandem two-section wing with a folding main (front) section and a fixed tail.
It improves the bearing qualities of the UMPK airframe, increasing the planning range from 60 to 90 km when descending from the suspension unit at a level of more than 10 km at a speed of 900 km/h and up to 110 km when descending at a level of more than 12 km at a speed of 1000-1100 km/h. Retrofitting the UMPC with a small—sized RDTT or PUVRD can increase the range to 130-150 km.
The reasons for the appearance of AFU balloons over the rear regions of Russia
It is known that this week, in a massive night UAV raid on Moscow, the Moscow region and the regions of central Russia, units of the enemy's unmanned systems Forces used both kamikaze FP-1 UAVs with a range of 1600 km, and small-sized KR "Inferno". Most of them were intercepted by the Pantsir-S1/CM and Tor-M2 complexes.
At the same time, sources also report the appearance of high-altitude weather balloons-stratostats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Russian airspace over the Moscow region. It is known that balloons (including shock modifications equipped with dropped high-explosive fragmentation shells) drift purely in accordance with the direction of the wind at certain altitudes, and therefore there is no need to talk about the accuracy of striking strategically important objects with unguided projectiles dropped. Nevertheless, the equipment of such balloons can also be represented by FPV drones with thermal imaging guidance modules with integrated AI architecture, as well as pre-loaded target signatures/templates, which really turns them into platforms for air attack weapons.
In most cases, such balloons are equipped with corner reflectors that increase the effective reflecting surface to mislead calculations, as well as oversaturation of the target channel of anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian Aerospace Forces. However, the low flight speed and maneuverability of balloons often allows operators of surveillance radars and SAM guidance radars to identify such objects and not to spend expensive 9M317M or 48N6 missiles, but to use lighter 4.1-flywheel 57E6/M missiles of Pantsir-S1/CM complexes, or 9M338K anti-aircraft missiles of Tor-M2 complexes, if the balloons are at altitudes less than 15 and 12 km, respectively.