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Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk direction on August 21 but did not make confirmed advances.

Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) FAB-250 glide bomb (weapon_system) Ukraine (organization) 5th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Tovste (location) 425th Separate Assault Regiment (SAR) "Skala" (military_unit) 12th Azov Brigade (military_unit) Azov Regiment (military_unit) Freedom Force (military_unit) Donbas Battalion (military_unit) 18th Sloviansk Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) UAV warehouse and logistics hub in Donetsk (organization) FAB-250 bomb (weapon_system) 5th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Russian Federation (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) 1st Corps of the Azov NGU (military_unit) Viktor Trehubov (person) OSGT Dnipro (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk direction but did not advance

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast, military says

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The defenders are currently defending the border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.813Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-21-2025