2025 Dobropillia offensive

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The 2025 Dobropillia offensive was a military operation during the Russo-Ukrainian war by the Russian Armed Forces, with the primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Dobropillia in western Donetsk Oblast. The offensive lasted from 11 August to 29 November 2025, ending in status quo ante bellum with initial Russian gains reversed and all involved settlements returning to Ukrainian control. The offensive separated itself from the Pokrovsk offensive to the south on 11 August 2025 after a major Russian ground assault was launched northeast of Rodynske. The first day saw Russian forces capture a 15 km (9.3 mi) strip of land around 6 km (3.7 mi) wide including three villages, which additionally severed the highway connecting Dobropillia to the city of Kramatorsk. Russian forces' tactics including small units of Russian forces penetrating the frontline before larger assaults, Russian numerical advantages, and Ukrainian infantry shortages at this part of the frontline were credited with...

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