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Ukraine says Oleksandrivka push liberated 26 settlements and about 745 km²
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Ukraine's military command said its forces liberated 26 settlements in a push around Oleksandrivka in southeastern Ukraine, in an operation that ran for more than six months. Zelenskyy said the Dnipropetrovsk operation alone had liberated 26 settlements. “This operation once again proved that the Ukrainian army is capable not only of steadfastly holding its defences, but also of launching offensives, seizing the initiative, and liberating Ukrainian land,” said former commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii, who planned it. Russia suffered a reported 39,000 casualties in June and nearly 43,000 in July – its highest losses since January 2025. “In April there were 61 ballistic missiles, in May – 107, in June – 134,” he said.
The scale of Ukrainian forces' counteroffensive in southeastern Ukraine early this year is finally becoming clear. In six months of maneuver starting on 29 January, a clutch of Ukrainian units, including the 78th, 79th, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault Brigades and the 1st and 425th Assault Regiments—tens of thousands of troops, in all—marched through gaps in Russian defenses and, according to Ukrainian officials, liberated around 745 square km and 26 settlements. Mostly in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast but also in neighboring Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts. That is Kyiv's own accounting, and it is the high end. The Institute for the Study of War, which maps control from geolocated imagery, put th
What's confirmed
- Ukraine's military command said its forces liberated 26 settlements in a push around Oleksandrivka in southeastern Ukraine, in an operation that ran for more than six months.
- Zelenskyy said the Dnipropetrovsk operation alone had liberated 26 settlements.
- “This operation once again proved that the Ukrainian army is capable not only of steadfastly holding its defences, but also of launching offensives, seizing the initiative, and liberating Ukrainian land,” said former…
What's still developing
- Further court action and how much of the order can take effect remain open.