How Russia is trying to prise open Ukraine’s front
Across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy and northern Kharkiv, Russian forces are pressing defended towns and the roads that keep them supplied. This battlefield assessment examines the fighting around Dobropillya, Kostyantynivka, Orikhiv and Ukraine’s northern border, explaining how drones, contested routes and competing demands for reinforcements shape Russia’s uneven advance—and why local pressure has yet to produce a decisive breakthrough.