Thread by @WarUnitObserver

🇷🇺Summer Offensive
Today’s focus is the southern front, where Russian activity has surged over the past two months.
Currently, five Combined Arms Armies and one VDV Division are carrying out offensive operations as part of the 2025 summer campaign.
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Central Zaporizhzhia saw advances toward Kam'yans'ke by two Air Assault Regiments from the 7th VDV Division, supported by infantry from multiple regiments of the 19th Division. Meanwhile, the 503rd Regiment was unsuccessful assaulting out of Nesterianka.

Fighting around Robotyne remains low to moderate in intensity, as elements of the 42nd Division push toward Novodanylivka and try to secure positions in Mala Tokmachka. The 42nd likely holds the largest reserve force in the south, with 3(+2) regiments currently uncommitted.

Further east, the Hulyaipole Front had been largely static for three years until the 38th Brigade—and possibly the 64th—were committed, launching assaults into Malynivka.
The 1198th Regiment remains in reserve.

In the Vremivka area, the 127th Division continues advancing toward the Donetsk Oblast border, recently reinforced by the 69th Covering Brigade, which is now assaulting Vil'ne Pole.

After breakthroughs near Odradne and Komar, the 5th, 29th, and 36th Armies continue their rapid westward advance. Near Tolstoi, the 36th Brigade—backed by the 430th MRR and assault battalions—is pushing northwest.

Meanwhile, the 5th Tank Brigade, 336th Marines, and 37th MRB are advancing toward Voskresenka, as the 57th and 60th Brigades press toward Maliivka on the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border.

Key takeaways:
As part of Russia’s summer offensive, fighting on the southern front is intense in southern Donetsk and western Zaporizhzhia, while the rest of Zaporizhzhia is experiencing low to moderate levels of combat.

Apart from various volunteer formations, Russia has committed a significant number of additional units—indicating the southern offensive could be near-peak intensity, for now.

Sources:
docs.google.com/document/d/1Rf…