Donbas

Russian troops advance in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk oblasts

Russian invasion forces made gains on three frontline directions in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk oblasts, according to the DeepState monitoring group’s report on Sept. 6.

6 September 2025, 08:05 PM

Russian strike hits Slovyansk railway, delays trains

Russian forces attacked railway infrastructure in Donetsk Oblast, resulting in a power outage on a section near Slovyansk, Ukrainian Railways reported on Telegram on Sept. 6.

6 September 2025, 12:23 PM

700,000 Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, intel says

About 700,000 Russian soldiers, encompassing regular units, support forces, special services, and Rosgvardiya, are currently deployed in Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s Defense intelligence, told Novyny.LIVE on Sept. 5.

6 September 2025, 10:55 AM

Ukrainian troops free village, destroy Russian platoon near Dobropillia

Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully cleared a village in the Dobropillia sector of Russian troops, the Dnipro Operational-Strategic Troop Grouping reported on Telegram on Sept. 5.

5 September 2025, 03:40 PM

Zelenskyy: Donbas pullout hands Putin path to Kharkiv, Dnipro

If Ukrainian troops withdraw from Donbas, it will open the way for Russian forces to Kharkiv and Dnipro, major cultural, scientific, educational, transport, and industrial centers in the northeast and central parts of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Le Point on Sep. 3.

4 September 2025, 09:17 AM

Russian shelling injures seven in Druzhkivka

Russian troops struck multi-story residential buildings in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, at 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 3, using Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems, injuring seven civilians, including a 16-year-old girl, according to the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office.

3 September 2025, 12:50 PM

Russian supply lines hit as Atesh partisans strike rail near occupied Debaltseve

Agents of the Atesh movement sabotaged Russian equipment supplies near the temporarily occupied city of Debaltseve by damaging railway infrastructure on Sept. 2.

2 September 2025, 11:55 AM

Ukraine’s defense forces foil Russian attempt to break through to Myrnohrad — DeepState

Ukraine’s defense forces over the weekend repelled an attempt by Russian troops to push through to Myrnohrad via Novoekonomichne in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState analytical project reported Sept. 1.

1 September 2025, 05:24 PM

Ukrainian forces liberate Novomykhailivka, repel Russians in Zelenyi Hai

Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated the village of Novomykhailivka and repelled Russian invasion forces in the settlement of Zelenyi Hai, Donetsk Oblast, the monitoring portal DeepState reported on Telegram on Aug. 25.

25 August 2025, 02:31 PM

Ukrainian forces retake three Donbas villages – Syrskyi

Ukrainian defenders launched a counterattack and cleared Russian invaders from three villages in Donetsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported in a Facebook post on Aug. 24.

24 August 2025, 08:11 PM

Moscow’s demands to Kyiv: all of Donbas and no Western troops in Ukraine

The Kremlin is demanding that Ukraine cede control of the entire Donbas region, renounce its NATO aspirations, and bar foreign troops from its territory, Reuters reported on Aug. 21, citing two people familiar with Moscow’s position.

21 August 2025, 08:40 PM

Kremlin targets political control of Ukraine, not merely Donbas

Russia’s main objective in Ukraine is to achieve political control over the entire nation, rather than merely seizing specific territories such as Donetsk Oblast, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War reported on Aug. 19.

20 August 2025, 12:19 PM

Russian Iskander missiles strike Slovyansk, injure one - photos

The Russian army attacked Slovyansk in Donetsk Oblast with two Iskander missiles on the evening of Aug. 18, according to a statement from the city military administration, as reported by Mayor Vadym Liakh on Telegram.

19 August 2025, 11:54 AM

Trump supports Putin’s demand for total Donbas control, frozen front lines

U.S. President Donald Trump supports Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Moscow to gain full control over the Donbas region and freeze the front lines in other oblasts as part of a potential deal with Ukraine, Fox News reported on Aug. 16, citing a European diplomat.

17 August 2025, 09:36 PM

Trump says Putin wants full control over all of Donbas

U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s position on territorial demands remains unchanged, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 16.

16 August 2025, 10:47 PM

No breakthrough in Dobropillia, just infiltration – expert

Russian advances near Dobropillia in Donbas are not a breakthrough but an infiltration, Mykhailo Samus, director of the New Geopolitics Research Network, said in an interview with Radio NV on Aug. 13.

14 August 2025, 11:23 AM

Military expert explains Russia’s 'breakthrough' near Dobropillia and risks for Defense Forces, Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk

Military expert Pavlo Narozhnyi, founder of the Reactive Post charity, told Radio NV about dangerous Russian advances near Dobropillia and their threat to Ukraine on Aug. 12.

12 August 2025, 02:20 PM

Examining transplant Russian judges doling out ‘justice’ in occupied Ukraine

After three and a half years of full-scale war, 20% of Ukrainian territory remains under Russian occupation. As part of its efforts to consolidate the imperial occupation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, Moscow dispatched scores of judges to weaponize law itself. NV presents an investigation into this corps of transplant judges.

11 August 2025, 07:26 PM

Russian forces advance in Serebryansky forest and near Nykanorivka — DeepState

Russian occupation forces advanced in the Serebryansky forestry area in Luhansk and near Nykanorivka village in Donetsk, DeepState analysts reported on Aug. 10.

10 August 2025, 11:49 AM

Ukraine may lose critical Donbas defense line if territories are surrendered — ISW report

Surrendering all territories in Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia in exchange for a ceasefire would let occupiers avoid prolonged battles and force Ukraine to abandon its key defensive “belt of fortresses” built since 2014, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warned on Aug. 8.

9 August 2025, 02:09 PM

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