Ukraine Just LIBERATED Three Villages… Now Russia Is Pulling Marines Off the Attack

In June 2025, Russian troops took the villages of Komar, Perebudova and Fedorivka in western Donetsk region, confirmed at the time by geolocated footage. Sixteen months later, Ukrainian military observer Kostiantyn Mashovets reports all three liberated, and ISW calls the gains "slow but tactically significant." The bigger story is Russia's response: marines from the Baltic and Pacific Fleets and tanks from the 90th Tank Division, pulled from planned offensives to hold the line near Oleksandrivka.

🎯 Key Points:
• **Sixteen months later:** Russia captured all three villages in June 2025. Ukraine's counteroffensive in this sector began in February 2026.
• **What's confirmed:** Russian war bloggers admitted the loss of Perebudova in late September. The latest gains rest mainly on one observer and are labelled as such.
• **Reinforcements:** The 120th Naval Infantry Division, the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 90th Tank Division were moved here instead of attacking Huliaipole and Druzhkivka.
• **Deep strikes the same week:** an Iskander power-cell plant in Yelets, a titanium plant in Berezniki 1,580 km away, and a microchip plant in Oryol.
• **The trend:** ISW counts a net Russian loss of about 122 km² since September 1, while Moscow claims thousands.

Chapters:
0:00 Komar changes hands again
1:20 How Russia took these villages
3:40 The counteroffensive begins
4:50 Perebudova, Komar, Fedorivka
7:00 What is confirmed and what is not
7:50 Marines from the Baltic and the Pacific
9:40 The road behind the front
10:40 Russia is still attacking
11:40 Titanium, microchips and missiles
13:00 The trend Moscow won't admit
15:00 Moscow's side of the story
16:00 The risks and what to watch next

Sources (search the titles to find them):
• Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Oct 25, 2026: "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 25, 2026"
• Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Oct 16, 2026: "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 16, 2026"
• UNITED24 Media, Oct 26, 2026: "Ukraine Retakes Three Villages—Russia Is Already Diverting Marines and Tanks to Stop the Push"
• UA.NEWS, Sep 28, 2026: "The Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced on four fronts and liberated a village in Donetsk Oblast – ISW"
• Euronews, Jul 21, 2026: "Zelenskyy replaces Oleksandr Syrskyi with Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine's commander-in-chief"
• Ukrainian Women's Guard, Oct 25, 2026: "War in Ukraine today: latest news, 25 October 2026" (Ukrainian General Staff figures)
• Background: Wikipedia, "Novopavlivka offensive" (summary of ISW, Reuters and Moscow Times reporting)

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