On September 25 in Western and Southern Estonia, our forces, continuing their offensive, took over an administrative center of Soviet Estonia - the town and seaport of HAPSALU; the town of KILINGI NIMME, the town of MIIZAKULA, the town of MUSTLA, and over 800 other settlements, including such important points as KEJLA, VASALEMMA, RIIZIPERE, PAEKULA, VELISE, VIGALA, UDUVERE, NEDREMA, SINDI, KODARA, RANNAKJULA, VIISTE, HADEMESTE, KUSINU, KULLA, RIMMU, TUHALANE and railroad stations of SAUE, KEJLA, KLOGA, VASALEMMA, LAITSE, INGU, HAGUDI, RAPLA, RAJKKULA, KOJKSE, VASKRAMA, SURIU, SIGASTE, VOLTVETI, and MIIZAKULA.
To the west of the towns of RUJENA and VALMIERA, our forces, continuing their offensive, took over the town and railroad station of MAZSALACE, and secured over 200 other settlements, including VIRTENI, UNGURMUIZA, VECATE, MATISI, PODZENI, VELTI and railroad stations of VIRTENI, IDUS, KUOKMUIKA, ZILAISKALNS, BALE, and LODE.
To the east of the city of RIGA, our forces fought relentlessly to secure over 80 settlements, including VESELAUSKA, KLIAUSTES, BANUZI, JAUNNEJPENE, BUSANI, BALOZI and railroad stations of DZERBENE, MELLI, and KEJPENE.
To the south and southeast of the town of SANOK, our forces, defying enemy resistance and fortifications on mountainous and forest-clad terrain, fought forcefully to secure over 50 settlements, including JABLONKI, DOLZICA, KRYVE, SMEREN, VETLINA, BEREGY GURNE, SMOLNI, and LOMNA.
Elsewhere on the front reconnaissance operations and local combat engagements went on.
On September 24 our forces destroyed 25 German tanks on all fronts. The Soviet air and air defense forces downed 71 enemy aircraft.