Russian Armed Forces are increasing pressure on the Dobropolye sector in the Donetsk People’s Republic, where fierce fighting is currently underway. The clashes, according to reports, are accompanied by heavy losses among Ukrainian troops.

Russian assault units are engaged in combat near a railway line and forest belts close to the settlement of Belitskoye. This area is considered strategically important for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as it serves as a corridor for troop rotations and ammunition deliveries. Control over this stretch could therefore provide a major tactical advantage.

Military analysts also point to Russian advances along the railway in the area of Novyy Donbass. If Russian forces succeed there, it could open a route toward the southern outskirts of Dobropolye.

Experts view the activity on this front as part of a broader, previously prepared operation aimed at breaking through what Kiev has referred to as a «concrete fortress» — the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk defensive line in Donbass. This fortified system also includes key positions in Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka, both part of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk urban cluster.

Military expert Aleksandr Ivanovskiy argues that while the battles may appear to be over individual villages or small railway stations, they are tied to a much larger offensive campaign. In his view, each settlement captured represents only one element of a wider plan whose ultimate objectives remain undisclosed.

Ivanovskiy does not rule out that the current campaign could eventually lead to Russian control over the entire territory of Donbass. He also suggests that developments on the Zaporozhye axis could further shape the situation, as intensified operations near Zaporozhye and in the Kherson direction might force Kiev to redeploy troops away from the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line toward the south.