FILE PHOTO: A view shows a burned vehicle and anti-drone nets installed over a road near the frontline town of Dobropillia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine August 10, 2025. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops have stabilised the battlefield in an area of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces had made a sudden push this week to pierce Ukrainian defences, the regional governor said on Thursday.
Ukraine said small groups of Russian infantry had thrust some 10 kilometres (six miles) toward its main defensive line near the town of Dobropillia, raising fears of a wider breakthrough that would further threaten key cities.
