**SPECIAL OPERATION: SITUATION AND KEY EVENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 24:**

**The "Center" grouping has liberated the village of Dobropolye (Maloye) in the vicinity of the city** of the same name, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.

**Russian troops have also liberated Svetlaya Dolina in Zaporozhye region, and Buzovo and Khizhnyakovo** in the encirclement ring in Kharkov region.

**Over the past day, the AFU lost 1,290 service members** along the entire line of combat contact.

**With the liberation of Dobropolye, the threat for the AFU of losing its main fortified area on the territory of Donbass **– the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk-Druzhkovka agglomeration – **will increase significantly,** the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

**Kiev is aware of the importance of Dobropolye and is striving to unblock the encircled grouping**, but all attempts to break out of the encirclement are being thwarted; the AFU is losing on average 30 to 50 fighters here.

At **night, Russian military forces delivered a massive strike; in Kiev drone production facilities and the Kievstar and Parkovy telecommunications centers**, which provide communication services and computing capacity for the AFU, were hit.

**In Odessa region, 2 logistics centers distributing military supplies from European states were hit**, as well as a tanker en route to the port of Chornomorsk carrying fuel for the AFU.

**The continuation of the special operation does not hinder the search for achieving a sustainable settlement, **and the situation is by no means in Kiev's favor, Ryabkov stated.

Zelensky claims **he has agreed on a package of interceptor missiles for Patriot systems.**

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