The Battle of Ukraine, Special Issue 259, 22 October 2025, 17:00 to 29 October 2025, 16:00 Kyiv Time
Author: David Batashvili
This is a special issue of the Rondeli Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources.
Kursk-Sumy Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Belgorod Area
No changes were noted in the area.
Kharkiv Area
Russians pushed forward a little in the central part of Vovchansk.
Kupyansk-Lyman Area
In the north, Russians took village Bolohivka after crossing the international border.
North of Dvorichna, Russians took village Fiholivka.
Street fighting continued within the city of Kupyansk.
Ukrainians counterattacked in the south, taking back Torske or large part of it, and pushing Russians out of Zarichne.
Siversk Area
West of Serebryanka, Russians reached and entered village Dronivka.
Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka Area
Russians pushed forward in the far southeastern part of the city of Kostyantynivka.
Ukrainians advanced in the area east of Dobropillya, liberating village Kucheriv Yar, advancing in the space south of it and east of village Nove Shakhove, and pushing Russians out of village Dorozhnje.
Russians conducted major attacks in the area of village Volodymyrivka, which were likely repelled by Ukrainians.
Pokrovsk-Novopavlivka Area
Russians advanced within village Rodynske located north of Pokrovsk.
Ukrainians attacked north of Rodynske, liberating villages Sukhetske and Zatyshok.
Russians reached the eastern outskirts of the city of Myrnohrad.
Russians advanced into the central parts of Pokrovsk from the west, while also advancing in the southern parts of the city.
Southwest of Novopavlivka, Russians advanced within village Ivanivka.
Zaporizhzhia Area
Russians advanced in the area of Novoselivka, taking this village or most of it, and pushing Ukrainians out of village Sichneve.
Russians completed the capture of village Verbove, and advanced west of it taking village Vyshneve. A little to the south, Russians entered villages Yehorivka and Zlahoda.
Further south, Russians took villages Pryvilne and Novomykolaivka.
Fighting continued in Mala Tokmachka.
In the west, Russians advanced in the southern part of Prymorske.
A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. Zaporizhzhya area by the afternoon, 29 October 2025. All information on the maps is approximate.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area
Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
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