Donetsk Front / Luhansk Front – Page 3

Behind the success of the “Khartia” search-and-strike group in the Kupiansk region are these faces — infantry soldiers returning from a combat mission. The road back to relative safety is long and exhausting, but it is deeply awaited. These portraits capture the fighters in the very first moments after their journey. Warmth, food, and tea come next — followed by well-earned rest.

North of Pokrovsk, in active frontline conditions, a Russian sabotage group launched a sudden raid on a Ukrainian observation post, capturing four Ukrainian infantry soldiers during a high-risk field operation. Drone operators of the 🇺🇦 25th Airborne Brigade reacted immediately, using real-time drone observation and an aerial battlefield view to strike the attackers, destroying most of the group and breaking the assault. Their rapid response and heightened situational awareness created a critical window that allowed the captured Ukrainian soldiers to escape — a rare frontline report and war documentation that also serves as a stark conflict zone update from this sector.

A city in the Donetsk region after Russian attacks: destroyed homes, shattered windows, burned streets — clear traces of daily shelling and a war targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas near frontline urban frontline areas. This footage serves as war documentation and a frontline report on the civilian environment and conflict impact on cities. Kostiantynivka endures, but these scenes are a stark reminder of the price peaceful cities in eastern Ukraine are forced to pay, highlighting affected communities and ongoing infrastructure damage.

Footage from GoPro cameras and UAVs shows the “Phantom Company” special forces, together with comrades from the “Expeditionaries Team” of the International Legion, demolishing an enemy hideout in a building in Stepnohirsk, captured as war documentation and a frontline report from the situation on the ground. Using drone observation, aerial battlefield view and reconnaissance footage to build situational awareness and a clear battlefield overview, they employed a TM-62 mine rigged with a thermobaric grenade against a location where, according to aerial reconnaissance, up to five Russian occupiers were positioned. The operation provides a stark look at field operations and frontline conditions in this sector of the conflict zone.

Kupiansk in our days: winter scenes of a heavily damaged city, filmed as war documentation and a frontline report from the situation on the ground. The footage shows destroyed residential areas and urban infrastructure under snow, offering a clear view of urban frontline areas, civilian environment, and the ongoing conflict impact on cities. This field report reflects how affected communities in the Donetsk region are forced to live amid continuous shelling and infrastructure damage. 📹 2nd Battalion, 101st Separate Brigade of the General Staff

This war documentation shows archival footage of the final moments of Jordan Gatley, a former British soldier, during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk in 2022. The video serves as a frontline report and battlefield overview, reflecting the situation on the ground amid intense urban fighting. Gatley volunteered to fight in Ukraine and was killed during field operations, becoming the first known British national to die in the conflict. The footage highlights harsh frontline conditions, constant frontline movement, and the severe conflict impact on cities, including infrastructure damage and civilian displacement.

Pokrovsk... It's very hard to see the city like this.

Operators of the 17th Special Purpose Center “ECHO17,” working in coordination with bomber drone crews of the 81st Air Assault Brigade, engaged infiltrated Russian infantry near Zakitne on the Siversk axis. The strikes targeted enemy forces after Russian troops crossed the Siverskyi Donets River.

This is archived footage from a special operation conducted in late October 2025 on the Pokrovsk axis by fighters of the Black Winter Group, part of Tymur’s Special Unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR). During the mission, several special forces groups were airlifted by Black Hawk helicopters and landed on the western outskirts of Pokrovsk, dispersing across the industrial zone. “We managed to gain precious time so that the main units of the Armed Forces could approach the city with reinforcements. After that, everyone stopped saying the city had been taken,” said HUR Chief Kyrylo Budanov, commenting on the operation.

Operators of “Shershni Dovbusha” 🐻 from the 68th Jaeger Brigade targeted and struck a Russian mechanized column in the northwestern part of Pokrovsk. Footage shows that Russian forces are now fully deploying heavy armored vehicles inside the city, but Ukrainian drone units continue to disrupt and destroy their movements.