Overview

• Ukraine’s military intelligence and special operations units report coordinated sabotage on the Oryol–Kursk and St. Petersburg–Pskov routes, with two Russian National Guard officers killed, a locomotive derailed, and about 15 fuel tankers destroyed.
• Oryol Governor Andrey Klychkov confirmed an explosion that delayed long‑distance trains, while Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported two derailments, a train driver’s death, and investigations into possible sabotage.
• Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed Sept. 8 strikes on Russian command posts of the “Center” group and the 41st Combined Arms Army in occupied Donetsk, saying command staff casualties were recorded and control was disrupted in the Pokrovsk sector.
• Fighting intensity remained high with 208 combat clashes in the past 24 hours as of Sept. 16, including dozens of Russian assaults across multiple fronts and heavy use of drones, airstrikes, and guided bombs.
• Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure continued, with at least one killed and 13 injured in late‑Sept. 15 strikes on Zaporizhzhia, 12 harvest workers wounded in Sumy, and four firefighters injured in Chernihiv during a follow‑on strike at a blaze site.