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Straits Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Russian forces make sudden thrust in eastern Ukraine, open source data shows
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox MOSCOW - Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine east of the mining town of Dobropillia in a move that Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers say could become a serious problem for Kyiv if left unchecked. Ukraine's authoritative DeepState war map showed on Tuesday that Russian forces had quickly advanced north in two prongs covering as much as 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), part of their drive to take full control of Ukraine's Donetsk region. DeepState said they had advanced near three villages on a section of the frontline associated with the two Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka. The Russian thrust comes days ahead of a summit in Alaska on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin where the two leaders are expected to discuss a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine. Tatarigami_UA, a former Ukrainian army officer whose Frontelligence Insight analysis tracks the conflict closely, said the Russian move had the potential to escalate dangerously if not nipped in the bud. "This is critical. In both 2014 and 2015, Russia launched major offensives ahead of negotiations to gain leverage. The current situation is serious, but far from the collapse some suggest," Tatarigami wrote on X. REUTERS
Forbes
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Forbes
Four Russian Groups Attacked In Donetsk—And Ran Into A Wall Of Drones
The Tuesday Russian assault comes under fire. It took months of bloody fighting, but in December, Russian forces occupied the ruins of Kurakhove, a fortress town anchoring Ukrainian positions on the southern edge of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Battered and exhausted—and desperately low on armored vehicles—the Russian field armies couldn't extend their control more than a few more miles to the west. Four months later, they've finally mustered the reserves for a fresh push. 'We … expect Russian offensive actions to expand further in the south in the coming months,' Tatarigami, the founder of the Ukrainian Frontelligence Intelligence analysis group, warned on Thursday. In fact, those actions kicked off days earlier. On Tuesday, a large Russian force attacked at several points simultaneously north of Kurakhove and south of Sribne. 'Within two hours, four combined groups set off from different directions and at different times to the area of the settlement of Bohdanivka: infantry, on buggies and motorcycles, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles and tanks,' The Ukrainian Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Group reported. Each Russian group had its own mission, the group added. 'The probable plan of the operation was to break through (or destroy) the Ukrainian defense and capture the settlements of Bohdanivka, Troitske and Horikhove.' The 72nd Mechanized Brigade in training. But the Ukrainian line in the area is held by the powerful 72nd Mechanized Brigade and a clutch of marine units, as well as the usual drone teams. Surveillance drones saw the Russians coming. First-person-view attack drones swarmed them. The resulting carnage was shocking, even by the terrible standards of Russia's 38-month wider war on Ukraine. Drones immobilized vehicles and then chased down the surviving passengers and crew as they bailed out. So many drones attacked at the same time that the explosion of one drone triggered the warhead of another flying nearby. Russians lost limbs and bled out. None of the four Russian assault groups even reached Ukrainian positions, the Khortytsia OSG claimed. Surveilling the aftermath, Ukrainian drones counted two destroyed tanks, two destroyed armored personnel carriers, four wrecked all-terrain vehicles, four immobilized motorcycles and 50 dead Russians. Tatarigami wouldn't have been surprised at the outcome. 'The situation for Ukrainian troops remains complicated, and the overall balance favors Russia' owing to the latter's greater reserves of manpower, they noted. 'That said, despite recent Russian efforts to portray Ukraine's position as dire, they have so far failed to capitalize operationally or strategically inside of Ukraine.'
