Russian forces have heavily struck the town of Dobropillia since the August breach.

Russian forces have heavily struck the town of Dobropillia since the August breach

Russian forces began an offensive on the Dobropillia axis in August 2025

Russia attempted to encircle the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration

Russia planned to conduct an offensive toward Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups infiltrated toward Dobropillya in August 2025, but the Russian military command was unable to reinforce the penetration and turn tactical-level advances into an operational-level breakthrough, and Ukrainian forces subsequently retook roughly 70 square kilometers of the penetration

Ukrainian forces used that flexibility to slow Russian progress near Pokrovsk in the late summer of 2025

In August, the enemy launched an offensive toward Dobropillia, attempting to encircle the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad urban area. To disrupt these plans, we launched a counteroffensive in the Dobropillia direction. Forward units of Russia's 51st Army were effectively encircled.