In particular, in the Donetsk region, the invaders unsuccessfully tried to take Pokrovsk – despite the breakthrough to the city center in August, after three weeks all Russians were destroyed or captured.
In addition, according to Repka, the plans of the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a 600-kilometer so-called buffer zone in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkov regions also broke. Under the Russian control of Russia, less than 70 km of the territory along the border turned out to be.
At the same time, in the south – in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions – the front remained stable. In August, Putin was forced to actually abandon the offensive plans, REPKE emphasized.
At the same time, Ukraine strengthened the blows of UAVs for Russian oil refineries – up to 1200 km deep into the Russian Federation. So, according to experts, since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has disabled 17% of the capacities of Russian refineries, which caused increased prices and fuel deficiency within the country.
In total, over the summer, Russia captured 1800 km² – about 0.3% of the Ukrainian territory, summarized the reptka.
Context
The Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when she occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions. In the spring of the same year, the Ukrainian army discovered the north of the country, in the fall – units of the Kharkov and Kherson regions, including Kherson.
In June 2024, the Russian army began the invasion in the north of the Kharkov region, the battles for Volchansk continued.
From August 6 Armed Forces An operation is performed in the aggressor country-in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
In May 2025 Fights began in the Sumy region, where the invaders entered. Later Ukrainian military Freed out A number of settlements in the region.
August 24 Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrfa said that Defense forces counterattacked Russians in the Donetsk region and cleaned from the invaders Mikhailovka, Green Grove and Vladimirovka.
