⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces stopped Russian advances in Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka but Russian forces are operating within both settlements while Ukrainian forces counterattack.

August 27, 2025 Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 2 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian General Staff (organization) Viktor Trehubov (person) Ukrainian Dnipro Group of Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 5th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Dachne (location) Russian forces (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces stopped Russian advances in Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka but that Russian forces are operating within both settlements

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia is now trying to push in two different directions: Around the village of Dachne and the two contested villages about 30 kilometers to the southwest

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Extracted: 2026-02-24T00:13:42.429Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-27-2025