# IN BRIEF: What we know about Russian special military operation’s course over day

https://mins.news/en/item/75861

- TASS, 2026-09-27 10:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2193605

> Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces struck Ukrainian transport, fuel and energy infrastructure and drone-production facilities over the past 24 hours. It reported taking control of Khripuny in the Kharkov Region, fighting around several other settlements, advancing in Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and eliminating about 1,515 Ukrainian troops. Russian air defenses also reportedly downed 505 Ukrainian drones and other targets.

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