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General Staff: Ukraine repels Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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Ukraine has repelled a Russian offensive near the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, about 20 kilometers south of Orikhiv, the General Staff said in its evening briefing on Aug. 5.

According to the report, Russia is focusing its main efforts on preventing Ukraine from advancing further as the counteroffensive approaches its two-month mark.

Russian forces also attempted to recapture the positions in the Staromaiorske area that Ukraine had liberated in the southern part of Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff said. Ukraine's military announced the liberation of the village of Staromaiorske on July 27.

Further north, the General Staff said a Russian offensive in the Lyman direction was also repelled. The report contradicts the Russian Defense Ministry's Aug. 5 statement that its forces recaptured the village of Novoselivske in Luhansk Oblast.

The village, which sits near the Kharkiv Oblast border, was liberated by Ukrainian forces in December 2022, according to the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration.

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Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering Ukrainian military affairs and front-line developments. She is the co-author of the weekly War Notes newsletter. She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post, focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment, and energy. Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor's degree in Business Administration in the U.S. She is the winner of the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism 2023 (Local Reporter category) and the George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded as part of Germany's Axel Springer Prize 2023. She was also featured on the Media Development Foundation's 2023 "25 under 25: Young and Bold" list of emerging media makers in Ukraine. She is among the finalists for the U.K.'s One World Media Award 2026 in the Print category and the French Bayeux Calvados-Normandy award 2025 for war correspondents in the Young Reporter category.

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