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Map of the Lyman front in northern Donetsk Oblast, with arrows showing Russian advances westward toward Lyman, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk.

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Russian groups keep trying—and failing—to reach Lyman, gateway to Donbas’ fortress belt, officer says

Russia is trying to push small infantry groups through Ukrainian defences as it seeks to capture Lyman and open the way towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, he noted.

byDaniel Thomas

A masked Russian soldier in camouflage and body armor wears a helmet bearing Russian flag and “Z” patches.

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Captured Russian marine executed Ukrainian commander on superior’s order, prosecutors say

The suspect is in custody as Ukraine steps up efforts to prosecute Russian troops accused of crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war.

byDaniel Thomas

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Two officers, 101 soldiers—Ukraine’s newest homecoming from Russian cells

The group spans four years of the war, from the fall of Mariupol to captures made only months ago.

byYuri Zoria

Entrance to the Southern District Military Court building in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

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Russia jails 61-year-old Ukrainian for alleged Azov service, names no specific act

A Russian military court sentenced Hulak to five years and four months over an alleged connection to the Azov group.

byDaniel Thomas

A person walks along a war-damaged street past a burned-out car, rubble, shattered buildings and a collapsed utility pole.

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HUR: Russia seeks rest of Donetsk Oblast, not a peace deal, by year-end

HUR's deputy chief says Russia cannot form new units without mobilization after battlefield losses exceeded contract recruitment in June and July

byDaniel Thomas

Aftermath of a strike on Russian fuel infrastructure during the Hell-2 operation in occupied Donetsk Oblast. 2026. Screenshot: National Guard of Ukraine

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Operation Hell-2: Azov says it burned 4,221 tons of Russian fuel in occupied Donetsk Oblast

The Ukrainian National Guard unit spent a month tracking Russian fuel tanks in occupied Donetsk Oblast before striking them.

byStanovych Solomiia

Russian soldiers surrendering in Andriivka-Klevtsove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces retook the settlement, August 2026. Screenshot from video: Ukrainian Special Operations Forces

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“Chasing away vipers”: Ukrainian special forces retake Andriivka-Klevtsove, capture 30 Russian soldiers

The operation adds another settlement to Ukraine’s gains in its eight-month Oleksandrivka counteroffensive, which Kyiv says has reclaimed 745 square kilometers.

byBenjamin Murdoch

War-damaged apartment blocks in Mariupol with burned facades, shattered windows and exposed interiors.

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Russians are buying seaside apartments built on the ruins of the Mariupol homes Russia bombed—DW

Russian occupation authorities ordered some residents out of apartments that survived the siege, sending them to hostels or Mariupol’s outskirts, according to DW sources.

byDaniel Thomas

A Russian soldier was sentenced to 12 years for repeatedly raping a Ukrainian civilian woman in occupied Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office

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A Russian soldier kept a Ukrainian woman in a basement and raped her for two months – Ukrainian court sentences him to 12 years

The abuse ended only when Ukrainian troops captured the Russian soldier during fighting in December 2025, freeing the woman from the basement where she had been held.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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A stray goat named Borka has become the Spartan Brigade’s mascot after 18 months on the front lines in Donetsk Oblast

The soldiers once pulled on body armor and helmets and drove back into drone range to bring him out.

byZoriana Katola

An apartment building hit in a Russian strike on Kostiantynivka on the evening of 13 August, 2026. Photo: Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Office

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Russia drops eight FAB-250 bombs on Kramatorsk, killing one and injuring 18

Prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation into the glide-bomb strike, the latest in a series that has hit residential blocks across Donetsk Oblast.

byStanovych Solomiia

SBU officers in camouflage and tactical gear, seen from behind during an operation.

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A Ukrainian railway engineer spied on Lyman’s defenses for Russia using Google Maps

A former railway engineer tried to pass Ukrainian military locations to a handler to help Russia's strikes. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

byDaniel Thomas

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Russia calls them “volunteers.” They’re Ukrainian prisoners of war forced into a new combat brigade

Moscow's Defense Ministry merged several POW-based battalions and detachments into a single formation, escalating a practice ISW has tracked since late 2022.

byYuri Zoria

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47 sites destroyed, 1,943 damaged: Russia’s toll on Ukrainian heritage keeps climbing

Ukraine's culture ministry counts close to 2,000 heritage sites hit since 2022, with 90 more added in just the last month.

byYuri Zoria

isw first pokrovsk huliaipole—now russia points its logistics-killing air campaign fortress belt · post slovyansk-direction-august-3-2026 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Take Lyman, then Sloviansk, then Kramatorsk: Russia’s plan is still stuck on step one, the Ukrainian military says

Russian commanders treat the town as the necessary launchpad, yet their infantry cannot hold ground inside it, according to the report.

byYuri Zoria

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ISW: First Pokrovsk, then Huliaipole—now Russia points its logistics-killing air campaign at the Fortress Belt

The 2025 version took months to set up advances, and this one is expected to move just as slowly.

byYuri Zoria

Destroyed buildings and a burned car amid Russia’s Donetsk advance in Kostiatynivka.

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DeepState: At current pace, Russia won’t capture all of Donetsk Oblast even by 2027

Russia recorded few territorial gains during its bloodiest month in 2026, making Moscow’s goal of seizing the rest of Donetsk Oblast less likely.

byDaniel Thomas

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

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Russia builds sea drones to hunt Ukraine—Ukraine just torched the base where they sit in occupied Crimea

Operators struck the hangars of a Russian naval uncrewed-boat base at Snizhne, near Yevpatoriia, setting off a large blast. Other targets: radars, a launcher, a Shahed base.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia is bombing Kostiantynivka to rubble while pushing its infantry into it on foot

Artillery and guided glide bombs hit the city as small Russian groups try to dig into whatever buildings they can reach.

byYuri Zoria

Donetsk Oblast

Russian groups keep trying—and failing—to reach Lyman, gateway to Donbas’ fortress belt, officer says

Captured Russian marine executed Ukrainian commander on superior’s order, prosecutors say

Two officers, 101 soldiers—Ukraine’s newest homecoming from Russian cells

Russia jails 61-year-old Ukrainian for alleged Azov service, names no specific act

HUR: Russia seeks rest of Donetsk Oblast, not a peace deal, by year-end

Operation Hell-2: Azov says it burned 4,221 tons of Russian fuel in occupied Donetsk Oblast

“Chasing away vipers”: Ukrainian special forces retake Andriivka-Klevtsove, capture 30 Russian soldiers

Russians are buying seaside apartments built on the ruins of the Mariupol homes Russia bombed—DW

A Russian soldier kept a Ukrainian woman in a basement and raped her for two months – Ukrainian court sentences him to 12 years

A stray goat named Borka has become the Spartan Brigade’s mascot after 18 months on the front lines in Donetsk Oblast

Russia drops eight FAB-250 bombs on Kramatorsk, killing one and injuring 18

A Ukrainian railway engineer spied on Lyman’s defenses for Russia using Google Maps

Russia calls them “volunteers.” They’re Ukrainian prisoners of war forced into a new combat brigade

47 sites destroyed, 1,943 damaged: Russia’s toll on Ukrainian heritage keeps climbing

Take Lyman, then Sloviansk, then Kramatorsk: Russia’s plan is still stuck on step one, the Ukrainian military says

ISW: First Pokrovsk, then Huliaipole—now Russia points its logistics-killing air campaign at the Fortress Belt

DeepState: At current pace, Russia won’t capture all of Donetsk Oblast even by 2027

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

Russia builds sea drones to hunt Ukraine—Ukraine just torched the base where they sit in occupied Crimea

Russia is bombing Kostiantynivka to rubble while pushing its infantry into it on foot

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