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isw russia's long push toward sloviansk gains ground ukraine counterattacks · post lyman-tactical-area-july-28-2026 news ukrainian reports

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ISW: Russia’s long push toward Sloviansk gains no ground as Ukraine counterattacks

Its assaults across northern Donetsk Oblast produced no confirmed advances in the newest DC-based think tank's war assessment, an offensive now grinding into its fifth month.

byYuri Zoria

russia massing dobropillia again using quad bikes motorcycles ukraine's national guard says · post pokrovsk sector donetsk oblast 26 2026 russian-occupied areas direction assaults pushing north toward above ruins situation

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Russia is massing for Dobropillia again using quad bikes and motorcycles, Ukraine’s National Guard says

Defenders of Ukraine's Pokrovsk sector report the enemy clearing mines and flying drones to move small storming groups toward the town north of the ruins of Pokrovsk.

byYuri Zoria

gunners can carry small car's weight shells every day — ukraine fields exoskeletons pokrovsk front · post soldier 147th separate artillery brigade wearing exoskeleton carries round loading arm caesar howitzer

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

A Russian tank division rolls toward Pokrovsk, adding major manpower to Russia’s eastern push

Can the Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps kill enough Russian reinforcements to halt an offensive toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk?

byDavid Axe

ukraine's 2026 goal exhaust russia deny breakthroughs build reserves top general says · post mortar crew 68th separate jaeger brigade named after oleksa dovbush мінометників 68 окремої єгерської бригади ім

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Ukraine’s 2026 goal: exhaust Russia, deny it breakthroughs, build reserves — top general says

Commander-in-chief Syrskyi said Russia's planned 1 March push on 13 simultaneous directions was thwarted, and Ukraine has since liberated 480 km² on the southern axis.

byYuri Zoria

russia launched what start its spring offensive 17 — lost 900 troops 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along 100-kilometer front · post vehicle transporting fuel russian moments before ukrainian

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Russia launched what may be the start of its spring offensive on 17 March — and lost 900 troops in 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along a 100-kilometer front

Russian forces launched multi-sector assaults along the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts on 17–18 March, suffering heavy casualties without…

byYuri Zoria

russia spent two months advancing zaporizhzhia oblast — ukraine clawed back up 95 km week · post assessed control terrain eastern 15 2026 eastern-zaporizhia-february-15-2026 ukrainian forces have pushed russian some

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Russia spent two months advancing in Zaporizhzhia Oblast — Ukraine clawed back up to 9.5 km in a week

Counterattacks pushed Russian forces from over a dozen settlements and disrupted the timeline for a hypothetical Orikhiv-Zaporizhzhia operation, though Mashovets cautions Ukraine lacks the forces for anything beyond tactical stabilization.

byYuri Zoria

russia likely invented ukrainian counteroffensive near zaporizhzhia cover up its own fake advance reports isw says · post current situation huliaipole sector zaporizhzhi oblast eastern-zaporizhia-february-9-2026 russian forces fabricating claims dnipropetrovsk-zaporizhzhia

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Russia likely invented a Ukrainian “counteroffensive” near Zaporizhzhia to cover up its own fake advance reports, ISW says

The think tank assessed that Russian forces overstated their gains near Oleksandrivka and Huliaipole and are now using claims of Ukrainian counterattacks to walk back positions they never actually held.

byYuri Zoria

two offensives inside russia one donetsk oblast unannounced operations derailed moscow's 2025 strategy syrskyi says · post commander-in-chief armed forces ukraine oleksandr speaks journalists 6 2026 629779752_1261942842767865_6094319827139039066_n belgorod kursk dobropillia

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Two offensives inside Russia, one in Donetsk Oblast: The unannounced operations derailed Moscow’s 2025 strategy, Syrskyi says

The Belgorod, Kursk, and Dobropillia operations were never publicly announced but were "extremely important" and achieved their goals of destroying Russian forces and blocking the seizure of Donetsk Oblast, the top general stated.

byYuri Zoria

isw russia sacks general after failed assaults donetsk sumy · post sukhrab akhmedov rfe/rl eed64807-5c07-482f-024a-08de3bed1b27_cx0_cy15_cw0_w1023_r1_s ukraine news ukrainian reports

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ISW: Russia sacks general after failed assaults in Donetsk and Sumy

Russian Lieutenant General Sukhrab Akhmedov was dismissed following a string of failed assaults and high casualties in Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

isw ukrainian troops advance kupiansk pokrovsk · post situation city 30 2025 kupyansk-city-december-30-2025 ukraine news reports

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ISW: Ukrainian troops advance in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk

A Kremlin-linked source admits Ukrainian gains in Kupiansk, blaming the weather for stalling Russian drones and favoring Ukraine's numerical advantage.

byYuri Zoria

drone vs horseman ukrainian fpv strike ends bizarre russian cavalry charge (video) · post view soldier riding horse moments before 92nd brigade infantryman horseback ukraine news reports

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Russian Aggression

Why Russia’s war machine may have peaked: new ISW assessment says Moscow can’t build momentum due to lack of reserves

With no extra troops to shift across sectors, Russia keeps trading one front for another, exposing dangerous vulnerabilities.

byYuri Zoria

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“Kill zones everywhere”: Ukrainian military describes new “combination” replacing mass assaults across main fronts

These zones now cover Kupiansk, Pokrovsk, and Dobropillia axes.

byOlena Mukhina

isw russian forces remain locked slow foot-paced advances mech assaults keep failing · post two armored vehicles burning after being hit during repelled mechanized assault dobropillia area donetsk oblast 22

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ISW: Russian forces will remain locked in slow foot-paced advances as their mech assaults keep failing

Russian milbloggers have criticized commanders for continuing armored assaults, arguing that past experience shows such attacks consistently fail.

byYuri Zoria

putin claims russia seized pokrovsk — isw finds sign (map) · post area russian president vladimir claimed 2 ukraine's city donetsk oblast had been serve launchpad further advances institute study

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Putin claims Russia seized Pokrovsk — ISW finds no sign of that (MAP)

The think tank's latest assessment says there is no evidence confirming the complete Russian seizure of Pokrovsk.

byYuri Zoria

isw russia can’t seal east — so tries fix ukrainian troops pokrovsk west · post pokrovsk-direction-november-17-2 ukraine news reports

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ISW: Russia can’t seal the east — so it tries to fix Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk from the west (MAP)

Russian troops are clearing roads and exploiting fog to push vehicle-borne assaults deeper into the town.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian drone Six-hour tank assault, 29 armored vehicles, zero breakthroughs: Russia’s biggest autumn push fails near Volodymyrivka footage shows Russian armored vehicles under attack and engulfed in smoke near Dobropillia on 27 October 2025. Photo: 1st National Guard Corps

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Pokrovsk is falling. Huliaipole is threatened. Azov Corps can only save one front

Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian troops five to one in some key sectors. That forces Ukrainian commanders to make very hard decisions.

byDavid Axe

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Dobropillia diversion: did Russia trick Ukraine into losing Pokrovsk?

A Russian incursion north of Pokrovsk in August diverted Ukrainian reinforcements. Was it all in the Kremlin's plan?

byDavid Axe

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Russian Aggression

Six-hour tank assault, 29 armored vehicles, zero breakthroughs: Russia’s biggest autumn push fails near Volodymyrivka

Hoping to exploit poor drone weather, Russian forces launched a two-wave assault near Donetsk Oblast's Dobropillia—and ran straight into mines, bombs, and ambushes.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag in the liberated village of Kucheriv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, 22 October, 2025. Screenshot from video.

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Ukrainian paratroopers liberate Donetsk village in daring raid, capturing 50 Russian troops and rescuing trapped civilians

Intercepted Russian orders instructed troops "not to take civilians alive" before retreating.

byBenjamin Murdoch

Soldiers of Ukraine's 79th Air Assault Brigade.

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s Pokrovsk offensive burns through tanks faster than its two factories can build them

Russia is rolling more and more tanks toward Pokrovsk. Can Ukrainian troops destroy them fast enough to save the city?

byDavid Axe

Dobropillia

ISW: Russia’s long push toward Sloviansk gains no ground as Ukraine counterattacks

Russia is massing for Dobropillia again using quad bikes and motorcycles, Ukraine’s National Guard says

A Russian tank division rolls toward Pokrovsk, adding major manpower to Russia’s eastern push

Ukraine’s 2026 goal: exhaust Russia, deny it breakthroughs, build reserves — top general says

Russia launched what may be the start of its spring offensive on 17 March — and lost 900 troops in 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along a 100-kilometer front

Russia spent two months advancing in Zaporizhzhia Oblast — Ukraine clawed back up to 9.5 km in a week

Russia likely invented a Ukrainian “counteroffensive” near Zaporizhzhia to cover up its own fake advance reports, ISW says

Two offensives inside Russia, one in Donetsk Oblast: The unannounced operations derailed Moscow’s 2025 strategy, Syrskyi says

ISW: Russia sacks general after failed assaults in Donetsk and Sumy

ISW: Ukrainian troops advance in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk

Why Russia’s war machine may have peaked: new ISW assessment says Moscow can’t build momentum due to lack of reserves

“Kill zones everywhere”: Ukrainian military describes new “combination” replacing mass assaults across main fronts

ISW: Russian forces will remain locked in slow foot-paced advances as their mech assaults keep failing

Putin claims Russia seized Pokrovsk — ISW finds no sign of that (MAP)

ISW: Russia can’t seal the east — so it tries to fix Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk from the west (MAP)

Pokrovsk is falling. Huliaipole is threatened. Azov Corps can only save one front

Dobropillia diversion: did Russia trick Ukraine into losing Pokrovsk?

Six-hour tank assault, 29 armored vehicles, zero breakthroughs: Russia’s biggest autumn push fails near Volodymyrivka

Ukrainian paratroopers liberate Donetsk village in daring raid, capturing 50 Russian troops and rescuing trapped civilians

Russia’s Pokrovsk offensive burns through tanks faster than its two factories can build them

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