US EditionRussia Makes Biggest 24-Hour Advance in Eastern Ukraine Ahead of Alaska Summit
Russian forces captured 110 square kilometers in 24 hours, marking their fastest advance since May 2024, as they push to control Donetsk ahead of a high-stakes diplomatic summit.
- On August 12, 2025, Russian forces achieved their largest single-day territorial gain in eastern Ukraine in over a year, advancing near the town of Dobropillia.
- This advance comes ahead of the scheduled August 15 summit in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Russia captured or claimed 110 square kilometres on August 12, accelerating progress especially in the Donetsk region, where Moscow controls about 79 percent of territory.
- From mid-August 2024 to mid-August 2025, Russian forces expanded their control by over 6,100 square kilometers—an advance quadruple the amount gained the previous year—bringing the total area under their full or partial control to 19 percent of Ukraine.
- The advance and summit indicate heightened tensions with prospects uncertain, as Trump seeks a diplomatic solution and Putin appears confident in military gains.
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Russia Makes Biggest Daily Land Gains in Ukraine in Over a Year
PUBLISHED on August 14, 2025, 1:46 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary: Just days before a high-stakes summit between Presidents Trump and Putin, Russian forces have made their most significant daily territorial gains in Ukraine in over a year, capturing 110 square kilometers in a single day. The aggressive push in the Donetsk region, targeting the vital Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway, is seen as a strategic move by Moscow to strengthen its negotiat…
Piercing Ukraine’s defenses Russian forces make battlefield advances in Donbas as Trump prepares to meet with Putin in Alaska
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose.
Russia makes record Ukraine advances ahead of Trump meet
Russia made its biggest 24-hour advance into Ukraine in a year as US President Donald Trump prepared to meet his Russian counterpart. Data from the Institute for the Study of War showed the Russian army took control of 40 square miles of Ukrainian territory, an offensive that comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces one of the most perilous moments of his tenure: Weakened domestically after public pressure forced him to backtrack o…
The army of Volodymyr Zelensky is no longer able to fill the trenches. Nor to stop the retreat of its own men
She claims to have conquered more than 110 km2 in 24 hours, her biggest progression in more than a year.
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