💥 Attack

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces recently advanced within eastern Stepnohirsk (west of Orikhiv) in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

September 14, 2025 Polohy, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (military_unit) Buk-M3 air defense system (weapon_system) 72-year-old man (person) 67-year-old woman (person) 60-year-old man (person) Buk-M3 (weapon_system) HUR (organization) State Emergency Service (organization) Polohy district (location) 9K317M Buk-M3 (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (organization) Russian military (military_unit) Ivan Fedorov (person)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces advanced in eastern Stepnohirsk in western Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed a 72-year-old man and injured a 67-year-old woman near Polohy

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Two strikes (presumably by FPV drones) were carried out by the Russians against a State Emergency Service vehicle that was on its way to extinguish a fire. A fire truck was damaged. Fortunately, none of the rescuers were injured.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.388Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-14-2025