The incursion aims to prevent Moscow from sending reinforcements to the front in Donetsk Oblast.

Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast (location) Russian forces (organization) Toretsk (location) Pivnichne-Zalizne agglomeration (location) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Pokrovsk (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Russia (organization) Oleksandr Bordiian (person) 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Russian army (military_unit) Severne (location) Zalizne (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Druzhba (location) New York (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Ukrainian Border Guards (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Makiivka (location) Kalynove (location) Hrodivka (location) Sukha Balka (location) Synkivka (location) Berestove (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Kostiantynivka (location)

Source Reports

Kyiv Independent →

the incursion aims to prevent Moscow from sending reinforcements to the front in Donetsk Oblast

Kyiv Post →

Russian army is advancing in the Donetsk region heading toward the strategically important city of Pokrovsk

Kyiv Post →

Russian forces made significant gains at the Pokrovsk front and the situation is becoming dire

UNIAN →

Fighting is taking place within the urban development of Severne and Zalizne near Toretsk, with sabotage-reconnaissance groups occasionally entering the city

Censor.NET →

Border guards destroyed an occupiers' UAV control point near Bakhmut.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:08:14.674Z

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