"As Donald Trump prepared to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August, Russia launched an offensive in eastern Ukraine. Small groups of soldiers pushed forward near Dobropillia and, meeting little resistance, they advanced 15 to 20 km and seized a chain of villages. It is a small pocket of land, but one that has driven perceptions of the war in the last months."
"Video of Ukrainian tanks joining battle, shelling houses and a school in Vesele, Donetsk oblast, eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian tanks joining battle in Vesele, Donetsk oblast. First, ground robots equipped with machine guns trundled forward, firing towards concealed Russians. Loudspeakers urged them to surrender. Then, two Ukrainian tanks joined the battle. They shelled houses and a school painted with a colourful mural. The rounds shivered trees and rattled the sign on Vesele's bus stop."
Russia launched an August offensive near Dobropillia that advanced 15 to 20 km and captured a chain of villages, creating a small but influential salient. The salient projected two prongs deep into Ukrainian territory and was likened to rabbit ears on frontline maps, affecting perceptions of battlefield momentum. After the breakthrough, a Ukrainian platoon was dispatched to retake Hruzike and Vesele; Hruzike was recaptured with minimal resistance while Vesele produced heavy fighting. Ukrainian forces used ground robots, loudspeakers and tanks; houses and a school were shelled, and soldiers described systematically clearing dwellings, bushes and basements.
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