{"id":1431777,"date":"2026-08-25T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/a-creeping-offensive-on-dobropillia-how-the-occupiers-are-trying-to-outflank-ukrainian-defenses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:09:11","slug":"a-creeping-offensive-on-dobropillia-how-the-occupiers-are-trying-to-outflank-ukrainian-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-creeping-offensive-on-dobropillia-how-the-occupiers-are-trying-to-outflank-ukrainian-defenses\/","title":{"rendered":"A creeping offensive on Dobropillia: how the occupiers are trying to outflank Ukrainian defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 231 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours. Twenty attacks were carried out by the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction. The occupiers attempted to advance toward the villages of Belitskoye, Novy Donbas, Svetloye, Sergeyevka, Gannovka, Shevchenko, Matyashevo, Novopavlovka, and in the areas of Dorozhnoye and Udachnoye.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The occupation forces are increasing the pressure and attempting to advance in several areas at once to create conditions for a further offensive on Dobropillia.<\/p>\n

The enemy has completely occupied the villages of Rodynske and Grishino. The enemy is attempting to reach the highway from Rodynske to Kryvyi Rih. Enemy command plans to reach the Kryvyi Rih-Svyatogorsk line.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the assault on the city of Rodinskoye began in the fall of 2025. The defense of Rodinskoye lasted approximately nine months.<\/p>\n

According to military journalist Bogdan Miroshnikov, the occupiers continue to employ the tactic of infiltrating small assault groups through forest belts and hidden routes, while simultaneously bombarding Ukrainian positions with large numbers of KABs, artillery, and FPV drones. They are avoiding frontal assaults where they are trapped, and are attempting to operate on the flanks.<\/p>\n

The heaviest activity is being recorded along the Sofiyivka-Shakhovo-Novoye Shakhovo line. The Russians’ ultimate goal in this direction is to establish lines that would allow them to cut off the Defense Forces’ logistical communications with Kramatorsk and Barvenkovo.<\/p>\n

The enemy has consolidated its positions in the villages of Matyashevo and Krasnopolye. In the center of Krasnopolye, attempts by the occupying forces to hold their positions and gather forces for an assault on Novogrishinoye are being recorded.<\/p>\n

Near both settlements, gray zones are expanding, and the presence of Russian units is increasing. Forest belts, through which the enemy can advance in small assault groups, pose a particular danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the enemy is attempting to advance toward Belitskoye. According to various sources, the occupiers are present within the town. However, no permanent consolidation or complete control over the town has yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n

The advance of the occupiers is being recorded in the areas of Shevchenko, Novooleksandrivka, Belitskoye and Dorozhny.<\/p>\n

The Russians have deployed significant forces for the offensive toward Dobropillia. The occupation forces are advancing along the lines of their 2nd and 51st Combined Arms Armies, bringing up additional assault infantry units to the front line.<\/p>\n

On the right flank, some of the 41st Combined Arms Army’s forces are deployed, specifically units from the 35th, 55th, and 74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades. Individual units of the enemy’s 90th Tank Division are being used as an operational reserve to increase the pressure.<\/p>\n

According to the spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces\u00a0 <\/span>Despite the enormous concentration of personnel, the enemy is suffering colossal losses. Ukrainian defenders note that the quality of training of most of the occupiers’ infantry in this area is poor. The Russian command is using them as expendable material: small assault groups.\u00a0 <\/span>They continuously penetrate through forest belts, trying to accumulate in abandoned buildings or basements to create points of all-round defense.<\/p>\n

In the last 24 hours alone, while repelling enemy attacks that attempted to advance towards Belitsky, Dorozhny, and Udachny, the Defense Forces have killed and wounded dozens of occupiers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to note that the enemy units\u00a0 <\/span>They suffer critical losses during the advance. There have been previous cases where entire platoons of Russian infantry were wiped out in a day and a half during assaults near Dobropillya.<\/p>\n

Due to the active use of Ukrainian artillery, minefields, and unmanned aerial vehicle units, enemy attempts to use armored groups have ended in defeat. In recent days, more than six vehicles have been destroyed in the area, and several more have been damaged while repelling the latest assaults. The enemy most often uses vehicles, buggies, and motorcycles to quickly transport infantry into the “gray zone.”<\/p>\n

Ukrainian counter-battery units and FPV drones destroyed seven occupier guns and artillery systems providing cover for the assault. Additionally, three ammunition depots, three UAV control centers, and over 70 shelters (dugouts and positions) where enemy personnel were attempting to accumulate were destroyed.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ electronic warfare and air defense systems destroyed or suppressed 329 drones of various types, which the enemy used for reconnaissance and fire adjustment.<\/p>\n

By systematically depleting reserves using the concept of active defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are slowing the aggressor’s advance, forcing them to pay an extremely high price for each assault attempt.<\/p>\n

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