Russian forces are positioning sleeper drones along roads to strike passing vehicles indiscriminately in the Siversk direction.
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Russian forces using sleeper drones to strike vehicles in Siversk direction
Russian troops shelled 3 districts of the Donetsk region, with 5 people killed and 1 wounded in Kostiantynivka
A private house was damaged in Hryshyno and Kryvorizhzhia in Pokrovsk district
A house was damaged in Lyman, a house and 6 outbuildings in Ozerne (Kramatorsk district)
3 private houses were damaged in Sloviansk
3 multi-storey buildings, 9 private houses, and an administrative building were damaged in Druzhkivka
A gas pipeline was damaged in Oleksandrivka
16 multi-storey buildings, a private house, and 2 administrative buildings were damaged in Kostiantynivka
3 houses were damaged in Siversk (Bakhmut district)
Russians fired 43 times at localities in the Donetsk region over the last day
353 people were evacuated from the frontline, including 76 children
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Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-19-2025