In the Dobropillya direction, Russian forces continued their assault operations and have made new progress in three different areas.

In the southwest, Russian forces continued slowly advancing through Hryshyne, and captured new positions in the southern and northeastern streets of the village, reaching its centre.

To the northeast, the Russians consolidated in the west of the railway windbreaks east of the highway, as well as in some nearby treeline positions, and continued infiltrating further northwest to the former "Vodyanskaya" No. 2 Mine and the southwestern outskirts of Bilytske. Other assault groups advanced further along the railway line south of Dorozhnje, and captured some treeline positions to the east.

+ ~2.93 km² in favour of Russia.

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In the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian forces continued their assault operations and have made new progress southwest of Kostyantynivka.

In the west, Russian forces consolidated in the southern part of Stepanivka and continued infiltrating towards the northern part of the village.

In the east, the Russians continued infiltrating through southern Illinivka to the southwestern streets of Kostyantynivka, where a grey-zone remains. They also managed to improve their positions east of Berestok, while fighting with Ukrainian formations in the village itself continues.

+ ~2.41 km² in favour of Russia.

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In the Kostyantynivka direction, Russian forces continued their assault operations and have made new progress north of Kostyantynivka.

Following the earlier Ukrainian counterattacks in Virulyubivka, Russian forces crossed the tributary of the Bilenka River at two points, entrenching in the treelines and forest plantations in the direction of Stinky.

+ ~0.72 km² in favour of Russia.

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In the Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Russian forces continued to advance and have made new progress in three different areas.

In the northeast, Russian forces advanced further through the treelines southwest of Bondarne and cleared the last positions of the pocket east of the tributary of the Vasyukivka River.

To the west, after securing all of southern Pryvillya, the Russians consolidated in the northern part of the village, while deepening their infiltrations further northwest down the highway.

In the southwest, Russian forces resumed their assault operations northwest of Novomarkove, advancing northwest up both banks of the Siverskyi-Donets Canal. Here, they were able to seize a number of trenches and dugouts, as well as some adjacent treeline positions. Fighting also continues for the westernmost part of Minkivka, while some Russian soldiers have attempted to reach the treelines west of the village.

+ ~7.73 km² in favour of Russia.

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Ukrainian channels are beginning to acknowledge the Ukrainian counteroffensive actions in the Hulyaipole and Pokrovs'ke directions, after around 10 days of heavy censorship on the events by the command for OPSEC purposes.

The ruins of Bilytske, Donetsk Oblast, from more than 6 months of heavy Russian bombardment.

The city has been completely destroyed, without the actual battle for it even beginning yet.

Correction: This video was actually filmed further north, in the Shevchenko District. Some new Ukrainian advancements and infiltrations have taken place in the city.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Novooleksandrivka, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~263.
Total land area: ~1.06 km².

The fighting for Novooleksandrivka lasted less than 4 days.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Vidradne, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~166.
Total land area: ~0.65 km².

Last night, Russia once again attacked Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk Oblast with Geran-2 drones.

At least 9 Gerans attacked the area of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, hitting multiple targets, including the Cherevkovka District in eastern Slovyansk.

The attached image is from Cherevkovka.

A Russian Pantsir-S1 launcher tries and fails to shoot down a Ukrainian drone (presumably FP-1/2) before it strikes the system.

In the Komyshuvakha direction, Ukrainian forces continued their counterattacks and have made new progress in the direction of Stepnohirsk.

After clearing large parts of the fields southwest of Mahdalynivka, Ukrainian forces pushed further southwest to the next treelines, capturing new positions on the tactical heights there. From there, they pushed even further, entrenching along the Stepnohirsk - Lukyanivske Road, while some assault groups managed to infiltrate the northern streets of Stepnohirsk.

+ ~4.59 km² in favour of Ukraine.

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In the Pokrovs'ke direction, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive operation and have made additional significant progress in recent days.

After penetrating the main Russian defences southeast of Oleksiivka, Ukrainian forces began attempting to secure the right flank of their main attack vector, where Russia didn't hold a significant troop presence. They pushed west from Oleksiivka, capturing treeline positions and reaching Novooleksandriivka from the east and north, which they were able to subsequently capture. From there, they pushed south on a wide front along several different treelines, quickly reaching the tributary of the Yanchur River at numerous points.

At the same time, attacks began further east, coinciding with the beginnings of Russian withdrawals from their forward positions in the area of the Haichur River, due to the threat of encirclement. Ukrainian forces recaptured the village of Vidradne without encountering much resistance, and cleared the surrounding treelines. They also pushed southeast down the road from the village of Hai, largely aligning the front with the assault groups attacking from Novooleksandrivka.

From there, Ukrainian forces crossed the tributary of the Yanchur River at two main points. The first was at the eastern edge of Vyshneve, where they were able to entrench in the eastern part of the village and begin fighting for the central streets. This allowed the main attacking force to penetrate southeast down the gulley, and begin moving further east through the treelines in order to outflank Verbove from the south.

This push was done in coordination with the second crossing over the tributary, which took place just west of Verbove. The Ukrainians were able to take control of the western part of the village and are now engaged in fighting with Russian rear-guard units for the central and eastern houses. Russian forces initiated a withdrawal from Verbove to avoid being cut off by the Ukrainian westward push south of the village, and are also beginning to withdraw from Vyshneve, Danylivka, Yehorivka, Kyrpychne and Ostapivske due to the larger Ukrainian advancements.

Additionally, in the east, after taking the village of Sosnivka, Ukrainian forces began pushing further east and managed to recapture the Khoroshe tract along the southern bank of the Vorona River, reaching the western outskirts of Vorone.

+ ~52.68 km² in favour of Ukraine.

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