⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Pokrovsk direction, seizing Mykhailivka and advancing in surrounding areas according to geolocated footage.

August 24, 2025 Mykhailivka/Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) (military_unit) Russian 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian military intelligence (military_unit) HUR Artan unit (military_unit) Third Assault Brigade (military_unit) 2nd Assault Battalion (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Zelenyi Hai (location) Mykhailivka (location) Volodymyrivka (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Chernihiv border detachment (military_unit) 25th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 68th Ranger Brigade (military_unit) 32nd Brigade (military_unit) 155th Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian soldiers (military_unit) Defense forces (military_unit) Ukrainian missile and artillery forces (military_unit) Rubikon unit (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces seized Mykhailivka near Pokrovsk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces regained control of the village of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The operation took the occupiers by surprise

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On 24 August, at around 07.30 am, the Russian army shelled the central part of Pokrovsk, damaging a multi-storey building. Several residential apartments caught fire as a result of the attack.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.816Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-24-2025