⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces recently advanced southeast of Nelipivka in the Toretsk direction, as indicated by geolocated footage published on August 16.

August 16, 2025 Nelipivka, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 3rd Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Zolotyi Kolodiaz (location) 93rd Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Rodynske (location) Myroliubivka (location) Pokrovsk (location) Novoekonomichne (location) Novoukrainka (location) Zvirove (location) Novyi Shakhove (location) Ivanivka (location) 1st Azov Corps (military_unit) Ukrainian military (organization) Russian troops (organization) Geran-2 UAV (weapon_system) KAB-250 bomb (weapon_system) 79th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) 82nd Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) 1st Separate Assault Regiment (military_unit) 425th Separate Assault Regiment (military_unit) 25th Separate Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 92nd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) 32nd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) 38th Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) 14th Operational Brigade (military_unit) 2nd Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) 1st Azov NGU Corps (military_unit) Sloviansk (location) Shahed drone (weapon_system) 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine Azov (military_unit) 7th Air Assault Corps (military_unit) 38th Separate Marine Brigade named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi (military_unit) 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade Kholodnyi Yar (military_unit) Russian army (organization) 7th Airborne Assault Corps (military_unit) Aligator rifle (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces recently advanced southeast of Nelipivka in the Toretsk direction

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: speculation

Within the first few days of the response, tanks of the 93rd Brigade cleared the village of Zolotyi Kolodiaz

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops fired 36 times at localities in the Donetsk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.804Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-17-2025