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ATESH partisan Footage of a fire on a relay cabinet at the Bataysk railway junction, near Rostov-On-Don, Russia, 21 December 2025. Screenshot from video: ATESH

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Ukraine’s Vivaldi counteroffensive near Lyman just got help from behind Russian lines: partisans say they cut rail supply to three Russian regiments, no explosion needed

ATESH says it disabled four relay cabinets in Voronezh Oblast, which helped a Russian operation in Donetsk Oblast.

byOlena Mukhina

Two soldiers of Ukraine’s Third Army Corps silhouetted among bare trees at twilight; one holds a radio to his mouth.

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Vivaldi erased Russia’s Lyman pincer. Now Moscow is pushing toward Sloviansk instead

DeepState says Ukraine stopped one Russian approach to its fortified Donetsk cities. Moscow is pressing another.

byDaniel Thomas

vivaldi's secret weapon targeting robots third corps reconnaissance mapped russian command nodes hit cause panic · post graphic ukraine's army / telegram під час операції вівальді нрк десантували щоб порушити

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Vivaldi’s secret weapon was the targeting, not the robots: Third Corps reconnaissance mapped Russian command nodes, then hit them to cause panic

The officer said disrupting command and communications was one of the tasks set directly by the corps commander, with brigade and corps intelligence identifying the areas to strike.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian soldiers. Source: The Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

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Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

A 60th Brigade captain says a concealed buildup near Derylove and Drobysheve, and precisely timed strikes, let his units move in before Russia responded.

byOlena Mukhina

For the first time, Ukraine has dropped ground robots behind Russian lines from the air amid the Operation Vivaldi, protecting Ukraine's fortress cities in Donetsk Oblast. Source: The scheme by the 3rd Army Corps

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Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

Heavy drones delivered the robots more than 10 kilometers into the Russian rear during Operation Vivaldi near Lyman.

byOlena Mukhina

Ukraine's Third Army Corps commander Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi announcing new developments in

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Ukraine retakes ground in a region Russia has fought for years to capture. “Vivaldi” is only getting started but is already “one of the most important victories for Ukraine in 2026”

Ukraine’s Third Army Corps says its counteroffensive has retaken three settlements and 50 square kilometers of occupied territory in northern Donetsk, potentially delaying Russia’s planned offensive in the northern Donbas.

byBenjamin Murdoch

The image shows a Ukrainian soldier standing next to an unmanned ground robotic vehicle. Source: The General Staff

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Ukraine’s Vivaldi operation cleared 85 square kilometers near Lyman. A soldier who fought it says one thing was hardest of all

Well-sited Russian defenders spot an assault group crossing open ground and fight it at a distance, he says.

byOlena Mukhina

Soldiers of Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia. Photo: Skelia

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Russia was sure the terrain made this village impossible to take—Ukraine walked in anyway

Days of reconnaissance, drone strikes, and artillery went into the 66th Brigade's push on Serednie. When the village fell, Russian channels called the liberation footage an AI fake.

byTaisiia Vivdych

one pincer stalled year ago other has just been broken near kostiantynivka—russia's ring close ukrainian commander says · post andrii biletskyi founder azov third assault brigade (center) 3d ukraine news

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One pincer stalled a year ago, the other has just been broken near Kostiantynivka—Russia’s ring will not close, Ukrainian commander says

Frontal assaults on fortified cities cost far more men and time than closing a ring behind them would have.

byYuri Zoria

Operation Vivaldi

Ukraine’s Vivaldi counteroffensive near Lyman just got help from behind Russian lines: partisans say they cut rail supply to three Russian regiments, no explosion needed

Vivaldi erased Russia’s Lyman pincer. Now Moscow is pushing toward Sloviansk instead

Vivaldi’s secret weapon was the targeting, not the robots: Third Corps reconnaissance mapped Russian command nodes, then hit them to cause panic

Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

Ukraine retakes ground in a region Russia has fought for years to capture. “Vivaldi” is only getting started but is already “one of the most important victories for Ukraine in 2026”

Ukraine’s Vivaldi operation cleared 85 square kilometers near Lyman. A soldier who fought it says one thing was hardest of all

Russia was sure the terrain made this village impossible to take—Ukraine walked in anyway

One pincer stalled a year ago, the other has just been broken near Kostiantynivka—Russia’s ring will not close, Ukrainian commander says

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