{
  "id": 15618820,
  "title": "Ukraine has liberated more territory than Russia has captured since the beginning of fall—a trend that has persisted throughout 2026, Zelenskyy says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ukraine-has-liberated-more-territory-than-russia-has-captured-since",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T14:36:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/19/ukraine-has-liberated-more-territory-than-russia-has-captured-since-the-beginning-of-fall-a-trend-that-has-persisted-throughout-2026-zelenskyy-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Since the beginning of the fall, Ukrainian forces have reclaimed more territory than Russian troops have seized in the same timeframe, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his 18 October address. President Zelenskyy also mentioned that Dobropillia, Kostiantynivka, and five other settlements are currently under Ukrainian control. He noted that Russia tends to overstate its battlefield gains, and Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, claimed that Russian forces had captured 92 settlements since the start of September, alongside Kostiantynivka and Dobropillia, and moved within 5 kilometers of Zaporizhzhia. This information was described as \"outright lies, manipulation, and exaggerations\" by Andrii Kovaliov, the spokesperson for Ukraine's General Staff.\n\nUkrainian forces are currently defending regions near Kramatorsk, and Zelenskyy rejected Russia's claims about Zaporizhzhia, stating that Ukrainian forces are repelling Russian attacks as close as 20 kilometers from the city. Ukrainian troops continue to resist Russian offensives and eliminate groups of occupying forces attempting to infiltrate Dobropillia. The defense forces are also protecting positions in other parts of Donetsk Oblast and Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.\n\nRussian forces are aiming to advance towards the Zaporizhzhia axis, intending to bring the regional capital within range of artillery, establish forward positions, and safeguard rear areas from Ukrainian strikes, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on 18 October. Following a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia on 10 October 2026, a video from the National Police Maksym Kravchuk, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Group of Forces, confirmed that Malokaterynivka, located south of Zaporizhzhia, remains under Ukrainian control, as reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation on 18 October. As of 18 October, Russian forces had advanced or infiltrated up to 24 kilometers from Zaporizhzhia, per ISW.",
  "summary": "Ukrainian forces continue to repel Russian assaults and infiltration attempts in Dobropillia, the president said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}