“In the second half of 2025, the Russian military, in an attempt to gain a strategic advantage in the fight for Pokrovsk, made a breakthrough in the direction of the northern city of Dobropill. The Armed Forces were able to eliminate this Russian breakthrough”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In 2025, the Defense Forces of Ukraine conducted three offensive operations, two of which were on the territory of the Russian Federation: in the Belgorod region and in the Kursk region. The third operation took place in the Dobropilsk direction. These actions thwarted the enemy’s plans to seize Donetsk region and create so-called buffer zones,” the military commander said during a conversation with journalists, reports RFE/RL’s correspondent.
At the peak of the expansion of its zone of control in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian military was stationed in the small border town of Suja and part of two districts of this Russian region.
In the second half of 2025, the Russian military, in an attempt to gain a strategic advantage in the fight for Pokrovsk, made a breakthrough in the direction of the northern city of Dobropill. The Defense Forces of Ukraine were able to eliminate this Russian breakthrough, as of February 2026, the front line runs in the area of the northern part of Pokrovsk.