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Ukrainian forces recently advanced northeast of Oleksandrivka and west of Orikhiv.

August 21, 2026 Oleksandrivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Entities

Orikhiv (location) Stepove (location) Russian forces (organization) Zaporizhzhia (location) Ivan Fedorov (person) Russian armed forces (organization) Novе Zaporizhzhia (location) Zaporizke (location) Rybne (location) Verkhnia Tersa (location) Charivne (location) Vozdvyzhivka (location) Rivne (location) Dolynka (location) Bilohiria (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Plavni (location) Mala Tokmachka (location) Novoandriivka (location) Russian FPV drone (weapon_system) Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration (organization) Kushuhum (location) Balabyne (location) Zaporizhzhia Oblast (location) Russian Federation (organization) Nove Zaporizhzhia (location) Maliivka (location) Yalta (location) Tsvitkove (location) Mali Shcherbaky (location) Malokaterynivka (location) Chervonodniprovka (location) Hryhorivka (location) Richne (location) Zaporozhets (location) Zapasne (location) Novoiakivka (location) Stepnohirske (location) Prymorske (location) Pavlivka (location) Lukianivske (location) Shcherbaky (location) Preobrazhenka (location) Novodanylivka (location) Chervona Krynytsia (location) Omelnyk (location) guided aerial bombs (weapon_system) FPV drone (weapon_system) Yulivka (location) Novomykolaivka (location) 423rd Separate Drone Systems Regiment (military_unit) Scythian Griffins (military_unit) Dmitry Shabaev (person) 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Vitaly Gersak (person) UAV (weapon_system)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

Ukrainian forces recently advanced northeast of Oleksandrivka and west of Orikhiv.

Ukrainska Pravda →

The enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia. Public transport and a civilian car were damaged.

Ukrinform →

Russian forces carried out 1,069 attacks on 51 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past day.

Kyiv Post →

Three ... toward Tsvitkove on the Huliaipole axis.

UNIAN →

Personnel of the 423rd Separate Drone Systems Regiment 'Scythian Griffins' tracked and struck Russian Colonel Dmitry Shabaev with a drone approximately 80 km from the contact line.

UNIAN →

Colonel Shabaev was conducting an inspection of a Russian command post in the Zaporizhzhia direction when struck.

UNIAN →

Both Colonel Shabaev and his driver sustained severe injuries and were evacuated to a Russian military hospital.

UNIAN →

Colonel Shabaev commanded the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, implicated in war crimes in Bucha and Andriivka in early 2022.

UNIAN →

Colonel Vitaly Gersak stated that the regiment's strategic focus is on targeting enemy brigade and battalion command posts.

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