And I'm not going to talk about the Ukrainian flag raises to deny claims of Russian advances in the Dobropillya direction, because they - just like the Russian flag raises - are irrelevant.

Flag raising from both sides means literally nothing, and do not prove control over anything. In reality, the frontline in this sector (and many others) is a massive grey and infiltration zone, filled with mixed and overlapping positions held by small groups of soldiers from both sides. Anyone can send out a small group of infiltrators to a location behind the other's "lines" and raise a flag in front of a drone.

Russia doesn't control Dobropillya, but neither does Ukraine. I still believe that Ukraine likely has more soldiers in the city than Russia at this moment, but it would be incorrect to label the city as "Ukrainian controlled" due to this expanding grey-zone and infiltration zone.

Expectations vs. Reality.

Russian Chief of the General Staff Gerisamov claims that Russian forces are now just 5km from the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia City.

In reality, fighting is still ongoing for the village of Plavni - 25 km from the outskirts of the city. This is also confirmed by multiple Russian channels, who report continued attempts to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their positions in this area.

Gerisamov also claimed that Russian forces captured Malokaterynivka, where not a single Russian soldier has even entered the town for around two months. The only times Russian soldiers have been recorded in the town were two instances of DRGs operating there, including one a couple months ago, and another at around the beginning of 2026.

The IDF claims to have killed four mor Hamas fighters in a series of recent targeted assassination strikes across the Gaza Strip, including a sniper operative, an ATGM operative belonging to an elite "Nukhba" unit, as well as two other fighters with unspecified roles.

Israeli government funded accounts are accusing me of being pro-IRGC lmao.

I told you everyone would stop accusing me of being a Zionist and switch to "AMK is pro-IRGC" lmao 🤣🤣

How it started vs how its going

The Russian Ministry of Defence issued a statement regarding their overnight drone attacks on Ukraine.

They claim that strikes targeted a Nova Poshta logistics centre in Rivne City, which was allegedly used to store and distribute dual-use goods, including components for mid-to-long-range drones.

The MoD also claims that a barge was hit around 30 km east of Odesa Port in the western Black Sea, which was allegedly transporting military and dual-use cargo.

Ukrainian channel "Supernova+" reports that some of the Ukrainian drones used in today's massive attack on St Petersburg flew through Estonian and Latvian airspace.

Earlier, air raid alerts were issued in Lithuania and Latvia following reports of drone flights within their airspace.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck three more Ukrainian locomotives, in Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa Oblasts.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones and Lancet drones struck a cargo ship and two Ukrainian drone-boats in the western Black Sea.

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that both the cargo ship and drone-boats were delivering military cargo.

Russia continued to attack energy infrastructure in western Ukraine last night.

One of the targets hit was the "Shumsk" 110 kV electrical substation in the town of Shumsk, Ternopil Oblast.

Coordinates: 50.10227, 26.12234

In Kyiv Oblast, emergency power outages have been extended to the Bucha District, to try help reduce energy consumption as work continues to repair the power grid and keep it running.

Explosions in Chernihiv City.

Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile attack.

Situation on the Dobropillya & Druzhkivka directions, Donetsk Oblast:

Over the last few weeks, both Russian and Ukrainian forces continued their assault operations, with Russian forces focusing primarily on deep infiltrations behind Ukrainian lines.

In the east, Russian forces deepened their zone of infiltration within the village of Raiske (southern one) and began infiltrating east through the fields towards the southwestern outskirts of Druzhkivka in smaller numbers. They also managed to infiltrate a couple new groups of 2-3 soldiers into the Staroraiske area, operating near the mine complex.

To the west, the Russians continued attacking Ukrainian positions in the Novomykolaivka area and began deeper infiltrations behind their lines. Several small groups of 2-3 DRGs infiltrated northwest to Andriivka, before panning out to the Novoyavlenka, Starovarvarivka, and Rohanske areas, putting Ukrainian drone operator and artillery positions at risk.

To the southwest, Ukrainian forces cleared some of the forested gullies south of Hruzke and Vesele from earlier Russian infiltrations, and continued infiltrating south towards the Kucheriv Yar area. Russian forces continued attacking towards Kucheriv Yar and are attempting to advance in the area of the clay mines. From here, Russian infiltrator and DRG groups began infiltrating northwest past Zolotyi Kolodyaz into the Petrivka, Blahodat, Vesela Hora, Novotroitske, and Lidyne areas, putting additional Ukrainian drone operator and artillery positions at risk.

Further southwest, fighting continues for the railway line southwest of Rubizhne, while sporadic Russian infiltrations continue to occur in the Bilozerske, Myrove, and Vesele Pole areas.

+ ~7.24 km² in favour of Ukraine.

Interactive map: amkmapping.com