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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 "Azov"

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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

A screenshot from the RFU News - Reporting from Ukraine YouTube video.

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Frontline report: Russia unleashes toxic ammonia cloud but fails to save trapped forces near Pokrovsk

Blowing up critical infrastructure to poison the battlefield represented an unprecedented act of desperation, yet the gas only blocked ground reinforcements while drone operators remained unaffected and decimated the relief column.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russia hunts 13-year-old Ukrainian boy with drone in Kherson, as fears grow Kremlin may try to recapture liberated city

Drone attacks, artillery, and infrastructure strikes hit hard as the Kremlin eyes recapturing the only regional capital it seized during the all-out war.

byOlena Mukhina

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ISW: Russians tried two mech assaults near Donetsk’s Kostiantynivka. Drones destroyed their equipment

Soviet-era armor appears less in use, with a shift toward lighter motorized platforms.

byYuri Zoria

destroyed house izmailivka pokrovsk district donetsk oblast where russian bomb strike reportedly killed family four 28 august 2024

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Russian forces attempt to encircle Pokrovsk instead of direct assault

No urban combat has erupted within Pokrovsk, but Russian forces are intensifying operations in surrounding area

byOrysia Hrudka

Screenshot from the Reporting from Ukraine video, 27 October

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Kremlin postpones Kursk liberation deadline as Ukrainian elite brigades destroy Russian assault force

Russian attempts to encircle Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast backfired when Ukrainian deployed Western-provided Bradley vehicles and Abrams tanks, which helped to advance.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline Report: Ukrainians halt Russian advance in Donetsk Oblast using mines, artillery, and drones

Despite launching one of the war's most intense mechanized assaults, Russian troops only managed to advance a few hundred meters west of Pobieda village. The limited gains fell far short of their objective to pressure Ukrainian forces from three directions.

byReporting from Ukraine

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ISW: Delayed US military supplies impact the Ukrainian forces’ capabilities to respond to Russian mechanized assaults

While Russian mechanized assaults intensify in Ukraine's east, materiel shortages don't allow Ukrainian forces to contest the battlefield initiative

byBohdan Ben

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ISW: Russia increases number and size of mechanized ground assaults over past 2 weeks

According to ISW, reasons of Russian intensified assaults may include: muddy spring conditions may make maneuver harder later; taking advantage before Western aid arrives

byMaria Tril

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russia’s failed frontal assault on Avdiivka coal spoil tip shows Russian strategic lapses

In a perilous maneuver, Russian forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the fortified Terrikon - a huge coal spoil tip - in Avdiivka. The botched assault resulted in Russia's disastrous casualties and again exposed their flawed tactics of using "human waves."

byReporting from Ukraine