⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Derylove and Novoselivka northwest of Lyman.

September 7, 2025 Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) E40 Slovyansk-Izyum highway (location) Russian forces (organization) Mykola Ilchenko (person) Drobysheve (location) Hryshyne (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Sloviansk (location) Kramatorsk (location) Russia (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) FPV drone (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Derylove and Novoselivka

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

Russian strike destroyed their home completely on 7 September

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian attacks killed two people in the villages of Drobysheve and Hryshyne

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian troops are preparing for a so-called "decisive breakthrough" in the Donetsk region. The occupiers' key objective remains unchanged: to capture the Pokrovsk–Kramatorsk–Slovyansk agglomeration.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.427Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-7-2025