Ukraine-Russia War: 2026-04-09

Ukrainian unmanned systems forces conducted coordinated strikes on multiple targets: the Marine Oil Terminal in Feodosiia, occupied Crimea, was hit causing a major fire. In the Donetsk region, Ukrainian units destroyed a Russian Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system, struck a UAV storage facility, and hit a pontoon crossing. The operations were coordinated through the Deep Strike Center.

Updated front-line maps show Russian advances east of Kupyansk, east of Kostiantynivka, northwest and west of Pokrovsk, and near Huliaipole and east of Slovyansk. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces cleared Russian infiltration groups from Orestopol and Oleksiyivka in Kharkiv oblast. The battle for Chasiv Yar has now entered its third year with only around 5km of Russian advance in that sector over two years.