US EditionRussia Breaks Through Main Ukrainian Defensive Line Ahead of Alaska Meeting with Trump
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE, AUG 11 – Russian forces have advanced in Donetsk Oblast, occupying Zatyshok and nearby settlements to control key logistics routes ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska, DeepState reports.
- Russian forces broke through Ukraine’s main defensive line in Donetsk Oblast on August 11, 2025, as reported by DeepState mapping.
- The breakthrough followed months of fierce fighting, with Ukraine’s smaller population and lack of reserves preventing it from plugging critical gaps.
- Russian sabotage and reconnaissance units spearheaded the advance using motorcycle-mounted tactics, enabling rapid penetration toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway.
- A map shared by OSINT expert Clement Molin highlights the encirclement of strategic towns such as Pokrovsk, while Krotevych cautioned that escalating disorder stems from exhausted reserves and mismanagement within the command structure.
- These developments complicate Ukraine’s defense and precede the August 15 Alaska summit where Trump and Putin will discuss the war, though Zelensky will not attend.
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The Russian advance threatens the last two agglomerations of the area still under Ukrainian control. An evolution of the front at the worst moment in Kiev, three days from the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
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A few days before the expected meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Russia is stepping up its pressure on the ground. Kiev has acknowledged that it has granted ground in the Donetsk region to "strongly superior" Russian forces.
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DailyTruthReportRussia breaks through main Ukrainian defensive line ahead of Alaska meeting with Trump
Russian troops achieved one of the biggest breakthroughs of the war in eastern Ukraine, with some units making it through Kyiv’s primary defensive line just days ahead of President Donald Trump’s peace summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.…
Russia breaks through main Ukrainian defensive line ahead of Alaska meeting with Trump - Washington Examiner
Russian troops achieved one of the biggest breakthroughs of the war in eastern Ukraine, with some units making it through Kyiv’s primary defensive line just days ahead of President Donald Trump’s peace summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Since September 2022, the war in Ukraine has largely been marked by slow, attritional warfare between entrenched combatants, with advances marked by meters rather than miles. Moscow has maste…
Russia Breaks Through on Battlefield Ahead of Trump-Putin Alaska Summit.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Russian forces have achieved a significant breakthrough in eastern Ukraine, advancing past Ukrainian defensive lines near the frontline city of Pokrovsk.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Russian forces, Ukrainian forces, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald J. Trump are set to meet in Alaska soon.WHEN & WHERE: The breakthrough occurred north of Pokrovsk, near Dobropilli…
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