[UPDATE – Sep 30th, 2026] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – September 2026, 2/2

💥D1668-Sep 20th 00:00Z: Russia has done it — the Odesa cauldron is now a reality Overnight, dozens of Bandero missiles and glide bombs wiped out every pontoon bridge over the Dniester near Mayaki, and with the Zatoka Bridge already crippled, southwestern Ukraine is completely cut off from the mainland. This was one of only two overland routes left, and it served the remaining Danube ports — Ukraine’s last logistics artery in the region is gone. Combined with yesterday’s strike on the Odesa regional office of Ukrzaliznytsia, the southwest’s logistics have been completely destroyed. Russian forces delivered a mass combined strike…