Geolocated footage shows Russian forces advanced further within Vesele towards the T0511 road, placing the current furthest confirmed Russian advance about 3.5 kilometers from the outskirts of Hrodivka.

Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Vesele (location) Hrodivka (location) Heorhiivka (location) Zhelanne (location) Tymofiivka (location) Kostyantyn Mashovets (person) Podil (location) Siverskyi-Donets Donbas Canal (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Klishchiivka (location) Paraskoviivka (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Central Grouping of Forces (military_unit) 150th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) 41st Combined Arms Army (military_unit) 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Pokrovsk district (location) Donetsk region (location) Pokrovsk (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Sokil (location) Serhiivka (location) 27th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) 2nd Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russia (organization)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces advanced further within Vesele towards the T0511 road

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian invaders occupied the village of Vesele, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Enemy is exerting pressure and continues to make tactical gains

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The Central Grouping of Forces appears to be more rapidly redeploying and committing forces between different sectors of its recently expanded area of responsibility (AOR) in Donetsk Oblast.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

The Russian Defense Ministry said in August it captured Niu York, a village just south of Toretsk, a claim refuted by Ukraine

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Geolocated footage published on August 1 shows that Russian forces have advanced further within Vesele towards the T0511 road, placing the current furthest confirmed Russian advance about 3.5 kilometers from the outskirts of Hrodivka.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.917Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-4