Valery Gerasimov: The Tsentr Group of Forces has liberated Dobropolye. It is one of the enemy’s main defensive hubs in Dnepropetrovsk direction Report by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defenсe of the Russian Federation The Tsentr Group of Forces has liberated Dobropolye. It is one of the enemy’s main defensive hubs in Dnepropetrovsk direction. Assault units of the 110th, 114th, and 5th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigades, together with the 61st Separate Marine Brigade and the 177th Separate Marine Regiment eliminated enemy forces surrounded in Dobropolye during combat operations, thereby bringing the entire city under Russian control. Search operations are currently underway to locate and eliminate individual Ukrainian servicemen sheltering in basements. At the same time, assault units of the Tsentr Group of Forces are advancing towards Aleksandrovka. Pervomaiske has been liberated, and forward units have entered Belozyorskoye. There, they are engaged in urban combat. Moreover, Sergeyevka has come under Russian control over the past three days. In total, 15 settlements were liberated by the Tsentr Group of Forces in September and October. Fighting continues in nine other settlements including Raiskoye and Svyatogorovka. The heaviest fighting is taking place within the Yuzhnaya Group’s area of responsibility, where offensive operations are under way within the boundaries of the Slavyansk–Kramatorsk–Druzhkovka fortified area. Following the capture of Konstantinovka by the group of forces in July 2026, Russian troops liberated Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka. Having overcome enemy resistance, forward units entered the south-eastern and south-western parts of Druzhkovka, where they are engaged in urban combat, and also reached the outskirts of Kramatorsk. In addition, assault units of the 3rd Army are advancing in the outskirts of Slavyansk, in Nikolayevka. There, more than 50 per cent of the settlement is under Russian control. 🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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