“The occupiers advanced near several settlements in Donetsk region – DeepState maps November 18, 18:38 Share: Servicemen of the 148th Zhytomyr Artillery Brigade fire from the Grad anti-aircraft missile system towards Russian troops near the front-line town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, October 23, 2025 (Photo: REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov) Russian Over the past day, the occupiers have advanced near several settlements in the Donetsk region. This was reported by analysts”, — write on: ua.news
Servicemen of the Zhytomyr 148th Artillery Brigade fire from the Grad surface-to-air assault rifle at Russian troops near the front-line town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, October 23, 2025 (Photo: REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov)
The Russian occupiers have advanced near several settlements in the Donetsk region over the past day. This was reported by analysts of the DeepState OSINT project on Tuesday, November 18.
“The enemy has advanced near Yampol, Novoekonomichny, Myrolyubivka, Volodymyrivka, and Sofiivka,” the message reads.
According to the DeepState map, over the past day the enemy has advanced in three directions, capturing 12.76 square meters. km of Ukrainian territory, at the same time ““gray zone” increased by 3.9 square meters. km
Earlier, the 7th Airborne Assault Corps reported that the number of skirmishes in Pokrovsk was increasing and Russian losses from direct fire were increasing. In total, since the beginning of the month, the Defense Forces have eliminated 314 occupiers in the city, and another 71 were injured.
The situation in Pokrovsk — the latest news
On November 11, the 7th Corps of the Military Intelligence Service said that in recent days, Russian troops have stepped up attempts to penetrate Pokrovsk on light vehicles, moving through the southern outskirts of the city, using the fog. There were already more than 300 occupants.
On November 12, the UP, with reference to the military from the Pokrovsky direction and a video from open sources, reported that Russian troops have been entering the city with vehicles since at least November 6, and are also setting up their mortars there.
“There is no life, no roads and no safe places.” How Russia turned 80,000 Kostyantynivka into a ghost town — a photo report
On November 14, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed that Russian troops continue to try to break into residential buildings in the area of the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd agglomeration and gain a foothold there.
ISW believes that the Russian command prioritizes the capture of Pokrovsk rather than its encirclement. The invaders are advancing in the north and east of the city.
On November 15, it became known that the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out an air strike on the highway near Pokrovsk to cut off the logistics routes of the Russian occupiers on the approaches to the city.
In a November 16 report, ISW analysts indicated that Russian forces are trying to complete the encirclement of Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd.