Posted on 08/13/2025 2:21:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Anna Conkling was recently in the town of Dobropillia in Eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military is making one of its most aggressive offensives in recent months.
A significant military advance by Russia in Ukraine is forcing thousands of civilians to evacuate from towns near the frontlines. Recent reports indicate that Russian forces have surged as much as 10 miles past Ukrainian defenses in what officials characterize as one of the most aggressive offensives in recent months.
This offensive appears to be strategically aimed at encircling critical cities that play a vital role in Ukrainian logistics and defense.
Independent reporter Anna Conkling, working with the news platform Noosphere, has just returned from Eastern Ukraine, providing firsthand insights from the front line regions where Russian forces are actively advancing.
"I was in Dobropillia, which is a small town near the front lines," Conkling told Scripps News. She noted the rapidly deteriorating situation, saying, "When I was there, residents I was speaking with said that over the last month really, the situation in Dobropillia has become increasingly more dangerous."
Her comments come in the wake of a recent attack that targeted a market in Dobropillia, resulting in at least two fatalities and dozens of injuries.
"In the aftermath of that attack, a lot of people ended up leaving Dobropillia," Conkling said. "The ones that remain — the ones I spoke with — were elderly, they were internally displaced people coming from places ... that are under Russian occupation."
Many of the remaining residents in Dobropillia are waiting for evacuation, as daily explosions have become a prevalent sound in the town.
"Everybody said that explosions are constant in Dobropillia, that they're happening every day," Conkling added, "that sometimes in one day they can hear Russian drones flying over Dobropillia every 30 minutes."
(Excerpt) Read more at scrippsnews.com ...
“when his bicycle was found by a Russian drone and then he came under fire.”
But was his bicycle damaged?
According to YouTube, the Ukrainians are killing Russians at the cyclic rate, with no one talking about Russian victories. PsyOp.
You can find youtube channels that will present themselves as credentialed and in-the-know and they will say things that are the opposite of the next channel.
Their goal is viewcounts. Not accuracy. To a certain extent, on youtube, viewcounts persuade people there is accuracy, and it is never necessarily vice versa.
Who is losing? Who is asking for more debates . . . errr . . . a ceasefire.
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