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Ukrainian forces liberated two villages in eastern Donetsk Oblast, about 30 kilometers north of Pokrovsk.

October 26, 2025 Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces liberated two villages in eastern Donetsk Oblast about 30 kilometers north of embattled Pokrovsk

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked northwest of Lyman near Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Koroviy Yar, Shandryholove, Serednie, and Karpivka; east of Lyman near Zarichne and Torske

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