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Russian troops reportedly launched unsuccessful attacks near Sieverne and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast and south of Novodarivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russian troops continued ground attacks near Bakhmut on 25 September, but did not have a single confirmed advance, and they also continued unsuccessful attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk line. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: ISW said that on 24 and 25 September, several Russian military bloggers stated that Russian troops drove Ukrainian troops from their positions in Orikhiv-Vasylivka and that Russian troops now control the settlement.

UK Defence Intelligence has said that the Russian occupying forces are carrying out unsuccessful local counterattacks to deter the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing UK Ministry of Defence intelligence review on 25 September Details The intelligence says that the Russian occupiers are trying to hold back Ukrainian forces both on the Orikhiv and Bakhmut fronts, making significant efforts at the same time.

Ukrainian defenders are continuing their offensive operations on the Melitopol and Bakhmut fronts, while the Russians are trying to regain their lost positions near Andriivka, but were unsuccessful. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 21 September Quote: "The Armed Forces are on the defensive in Ukraine's east and south, continuing their offensive operation on the Melitopol and Bakhmut fronts, killing the enemy, liberating the temporarily

Given how the Ukrainian advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast affects them, it is possible that the Ukrainian liberation of two villages that Russian forces were desperately trying to hold corresponds with the severe degradation of the Russian units defending them.