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The situation across the Ukrainian frontlines continues to escalate as Russian forces intensify offensive operations on multiple axes, leveraging combined drone and artillery strikes to degrade Ukrainian positions while making incremental territorial gains. The Sumy, Kharkiv, Kupiansk, Krasny Liman, Konstantinovka, Pokrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia sectors have all seen heightened combat activity, with Ukrainian forces struggling to stabilize their defensive lines amid mounting pressure.
In the Sumy region, Ukrainian forces have reportedly retaken Kondratovka after a series of flanking maneuvers by small assault groups. After weeks of costly Ukrainian attacks around the village, Russian military reporters admit that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) entered the village. According to some preliminary reports, the village came back under Ukrainian control. The situation remains precarious near Alekseyevka, where Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and forces of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment have been deployed in an attempt to reinforce the counterattacks.
While the AFU are busy counterattacking north of Sumy near Kondratovka, Russian troops, meanwhile, crossed the border and launched new offensive in the Sumy region. They have expanded their zone of control northeast of the Udava River, establishing a new foothold near the village of Aleksandriya and threatening to encircle Ukrainian units in the Aleksandriya Hydrological Reserve. If successful, this pincer movement could merge Russian-controlled zones, further complicating Ukrainian logistics in the region.
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Russian forces continue to consolidate their position around the border village of Melovoye in the Kharkiv region, having secured a bridgehead across the Velyka Dvorichna River. Despite Ukrainian attempts to reinforce the area, Russian troops are pushing outward in three directions, north, south, and west, forcing Kyiv to divert reserves in a bid to contain the advance. Ukrainian commanders hope to push Russian forces back across the border, but so far, counterattacks have failed to dislodge them. The expansion of this bridgehead poses a long-term threat, as further Russian advances could destabilize Ukrainian defenses along the entire northern Kharkiv front.
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On the Kupyansk axis, Russian assault units have entrenched themselves along key supply routes, including the road from Radkovka, and are now engaging Ukrainian forces near a local gas station while pushing into residential quarters from Golubovka. The widening Russian penetration toward Sobolevka suggests an operational design to stretch Ukrainian defenses before launching a deeper offensive. If Russian troops can sever Kupiansk’s western supply lines, the city, which is a critical logistics hub for Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv region, could face isolation, mirroring previous Russian victories in the Ukrainian fortresses in Donbass.
Russian forces are making steady progress near Krasny Liman, with forward units now approaching Stavki, a village just four kilometers north of the city. Given Krasny Liman’s role as a logistical nexus for Ukrainian forces in the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, its capture would significantly undermine Kyiv’s ability to sustain operations on northern DPR front. Ukrainian fortifications in the area, built over nearly a decade, remain formidable, but Russian advances from multiple directions are gradually eroding defensive cohesion.
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Despite Ukrainian claims of a stalled offensive near Konstantinovka, Russian troops continue to advance toward the city along its northern, eastern and southwestern flanks, aiming to cut off supply routes to Druzhkovka. Ukrainian soldiers described the situation as critical, warning that without immediate reinforcements, Konstantinovka risks becoming another Avdiivka, with a reference to the Ukrainian garrison’s encirclement and eventual withdrawal from another fortress. Meanwhile, Russian FPV drones are already reaching the city of Kramatorsk, targeting military vehicles and signaling an expansion of deep-strike capabilities.
Russian forces have achieved notable successes in the Pokrovsk sector. On July 28th, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declared victories in the villages of Boykovka and Belgiyka located north and south of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd urban agglomeration. Russian forces are encircling Ukrainian garrison, while advancing on Mirnograd from multiple directions. Assault groups have breached the outskirts of the city, with Ukrainian defenses appearing increasingly fragmented. Russian sabotage and reconnaissance units are already operating deeper behind enemy lines, including in Mirnograd and Pokrovsk themselves, where they disrupt Ukrainian supply movements. The broader operational goal appears to be the creation of a semi-encirclement around Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, forcing Ukrainian troops into a choice between withdrawal under fire or eventual siege.
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South of Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces have seized control of Stepnohorsk’s 3rd microdistrict and key transport routes, bringing them within artillery range of the city’s left bank. The collapse of Ukrainian defenses along the Yanchekrak River has left Stepnohorsk vulnerable, and further Russian advances could soon place Zaporizhzhia itself under direct fire. Western military observers warn that Ukrainian forces may soon be forced to evacuate the left bank of the city if the Russian army holds the current pace of advance.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian boats in the Dnieper River (18+):
The past weeks have demonstrated Russia’s ability to sustain simultaneous offensives across multiple fronts, exploiting Ukrainian manpower shortages and dwindling Western aid. While Kyiv’s forces continue to mount stiff resistance, particularly through drone warfare and localized counterattacks, the cumulative pressure appears to be stretching Ukrainian defenses to a breaking point in several sectors.
the cat (russia) in my opinion, should stop playing with the mouse (natzi, so-called ukraine) and just consume it already. this war is almost as long as the first world war. my apologies, i meant special military operation.
it is wwi and wwii combined in the 11 years it’s been fought!… the only good news is that the slow agonizing grind is forcing more ethnic ukrainians both east and west to flee while drawing in heavier assets from nat0$tan to fill the void. like i said -keep slaughtering them as they serve 2 very useful purposes.
…1) they increase the viability of a better and more intelligent gene pool future offspring… and 2) their carcasses make for great nitrates in the soil for future russian wheat harvests of what already is a defacto “rump state” inside russia.
i hear what you’re saying but i must say that some of the richest soil on earth is located there. it probably doesn’t need human remains to enhance it. the russians need to get western agricultural giants out before the soil is completely poisoned.
larry fink – rest in pieces!
at the end of ww2 the wehrmacht was still dangerous because of shorter frontlines for example in the forests near aachen, in arnhem, the ardennes and berlin. this can also happen in ukraine because there are enough brainwashed afu fools to defend cities “stalingrad style”. i support the russian strategy therefor to drain nato/nazi resources in forests, vacated settlements and farmlands💯 although i prefer negotiations of course to give russian speakers freedom again👍
any scenario where the war is just prolonged and the russians don’t suffer significant losses is a total failure of us strategy, as the pentagon intended a fast-paced and high-loss war for russia before the us pivots to china. the slow pace of the war is actually a collective defeat of the west
i agree. i understand the russian strategy. they have a long view. when you have such an enormous country with such enormous resources then attrition can work. being a serb who was raised in america, i have a hard time thinking that way. serbia is small and we usually don’t do attrition. we have to hit hard-and-fast. although in bosnia, we did use some attrition tactics. i wish my russian brothers victory and peace. they are fighting the evil for all of us!
the cat enjoys destroying nato weapons and personnel . including economies via inflation .
ukraine has managed a few gains here and there . i have never seen them hold any gain for over six months . period . the kursk invasion was destroyed by russian attrition and patience .