Author: David Batashvili

 

This is a special issue of the Rondeli Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources.

 

Kursk Area

Russians reached the international border west of Sudzha, and reached the northern part of village Guevo.

 

Belgorod Area

Ukrainians entered Demidovka and took Popovka. Fighting continued in the area of these two villages.

To the south, Ukrainians approached Priles’e.

Static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The frontline in the area of Ukraine’s border with Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts (administrative regions) by the afternoon, 28 March 2025. All information on the maps is approximate.

 

Kharkiv Area

Fighting in the area continued without major territorial changes.

 

Svatove-Starobilsk Area and Donbas Area – North

Russians advanced across the Oskil River east of Kamyanka.

They also advanced in the northern part of Dvorichna, likely completing the capture of the town.

Russians pushed Ukrainians back a little west of Orlyanske.

Ukrainians completed the liberation of village Nadiya.

Russians advanced northwest of Ivanivka, approaching villages Nove and Katerynivka.

 

Donbas Area – Northeast

Fighting in the area continued without major territorial changes.

 

Toretsk-Kostyantynivka Area

Heavy fighting continued in the areas of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar.

Southwest of Niu-York, Russians took village Panteleimonivka.

Northwest of Baranivka, Russians entered Vodyane Druhe. Heavy fighting continued in nearby Tarasivka.

 

Donbas Area – Southeast and South

Russians pushed Ukrainians back in Pishchane, retaking most of the village.

Ukrainians advanced in Kotlyne, entering its southern part.

Russians entered Uspenivka again, with fighting taking place in the village.

Ukrainians pushed Russians back north of Preobrazhenka.

Russians advanced on the front between Sribne and Andriivka.

Ukrainians pushed Russians back from the eastern outskirts of Oleksiivka towards Andriivka.

Russians pushed from Dniproenerhiya towards Vesele. Southwest from there, they completed the capture of Privilne, and entered Vilne Pole.

 

Zaporizhzhia Area

Russians entered village Shcherbaky.

West from there, they advanced within villages Stepove and Lobkove.

 

Black Sea-Dnipro River Area

Fighting in the area continued without major changes.