US EditionRussia makes sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit, maps show
- Russian forces made a rapid advance near Dobropillia, Donetsk region, on August 12, 2025, amidst ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine.
- The advance follows Russia's long-standing strategy of launching offensives ahead of key negotiations, as the U.S. and Russia prepared for a summit on August 15, 2025.
- The push gained control over a strategic highway connecting important towns and threatened key Ukrainian strongholds, forcing evacuations and intensified drone attacks on Dobropillia.
- Russian troops advanced up to 10 kilometers in two prongs, with infiltration reportedly reaching approximately 17 kilometers, although Ukrainian officials described these as limited penetrations.
- This breakthrough increases pressure on Ukraine to cede territory amid peace talks, while President Zelensky insists any agreement must be just and rejects concessions to Russia.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina, Christian Edwards, Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Small groups of Russian troops have breached parts of Ukraine’s defenses in the eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials and monitoring groups, adding to the complications for Kyiv as Russia tries to encircle the key strategic town of Pokrovsk. Russian forces are advancing toward Dobropillia, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported Tuesday. The tow…
Russian forces break through Ukraine frontline days before Putin-Trump summit - The Mirror
Around 100,000 Russian troops are believed to have travelled at least 10km north of the Ukrainian frontline - days before upcoming peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
According to several reports, they have advanced 11 kilometers north of Pokrovsk. According to military expert Márk Takács, the Ukrainians have a choice between big and very big trouble if they do not immediately counter the attack. The Ukrainian army has not yet acknowledged that a Russian breakthrough has occurred.
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