- Ukraine says it has retaken 745 sq km and 26 settlements in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia this year — President Zelenskiy called the operation “exactly as planned.”
- Kyiv credited its air‑assault and other units and released drone footage showing troops raising the Ukrainian flag in liberated towns.
- Observers note much of the area is still contested, and while Russia’s advances have slowed this year it continues to press in eastern Donetsk.
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