Russians Caught In Three "cauldrons" Near Dobropillya
- 26.09.2025, 14:04
What do the charts and analysts say?
On the maps of military operations near Dobropillya, "cauldrons" continue to exist for units of the Russian Armed Forces, in which they found themselves about a week ago. The Russian military complain about cut-off positions and problems with logistics. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian command informs that the enemy has found itself in a narrow passage, squeezed from two sides.
The Russian Armed Forces overstretched the advancing forces during the breakthrough at Dobropillya, after which the AFU fighters carried out counterattacks, and now the battle line is torn in several places, explained a representative of the Dnieper OSUV Viktor Tregubov. According to the command's representative, the Russians were in a "difficult position" and there is nowhere to particularly squeeze them, as there are Ukrainian positions all around, the broadcast said.
In the meantime, on the morning of September 26, an explanation by a Russian milblogger about the situation near Dobropillya appeared. He admitted that there is a "bottleneck" in this direction, through which it is barely possible to deliver ammunition. In addition, it is noted that the situation is particularly difficult for the Russians on the western flank, as "we can't cover it with anything, neither artillery, nor can we get the proper amount of reserves there." At the same time, on two analytical maps we can see that due to the attacks of the AFU we can count from one to two or three "cauldrons": the area where the Russian attackers found themselves is completely surrounded by the Ukrainians. On the map of the DeepState project as of September 26, it is not noticeable that at least one "cauldron" is somehow connected to the main forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
The situation in the Pokrovsky direction was described on September 24 by the Telegram channel "Dnipro Osint ⟨ Garbuz ⟩". It is pointed out that three "cauldrons" are indeed noticeable on the map of military operations: smaller, larger and the largest in the south, separated by the river from the eastern flank. At the same time, analysts explained that there are few Russians stuck in the problematic positions. In addition, they are not completely isolated because they receive ammunition through drone drops.
"There may not actually be very many [Russians] in these 'cauldrons,' somewhere a company, somewhere a battalion, and that's not a fact. They are constantly throwing new forces to reflect the positions, for example, in Novotoretskoye the provision is made thanks to drones with supplies. Now it looks like a really [amazing] killzone for Russaks," the note says.
September 25, an AFU fighter with the call sign "Muchnoi" wrote about the situation in the Pokrovsky direction. The military published a fragment of the section of the front near Dobropolye, on which we can see the strip held by the Russians. If we compare this data with the DeepState battle line, we see that another point of possible breakthrough of the AFU has appeared: below Nikanorivka, near Boykivka. However, the third, largest "cauldron" has not been confirmed yet.
It is confirmed that units of the Defense Forces have pushed the enemy out of Nikanorivka (on the western flank of the narrowest breakthrough point), and other units are advancing towards them on the eastern flank from Mayak. At the same time, it is noted that the fighting is difficult because the Russians are using strongholds and it is more difficult to dislodge them from Novotoretskoye.
"Here the enemy is holding on to the strongholds, so the advance is difficult - every meter is given at the cost of intense fighting. To the west, near Novotoretskoye, there is another serious enemy defense node," explained "Muchnoi".
In the meantime, in the morning of September 26, the General Staff published a map of military operations in the Pokrovsk direction, which shows fighting in a narrow place near Dobropillya. According to the command, 67 assaults of the RF Armed Forces were counted here over the past 24 hours.