The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on August 19 2025

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We wrote that the Korean war-ending scenario is now the main one for the President’s Office.

The Ukrainian authorities are ready to consider the issue of recognizing the actual control of the Russian army over new regions, but are not ready to provide legal recognition of these territories to Russia — WSJ citing European and Ukrainian officials.

Last year, such a format was not even discussed at Bankova, but the protracted war is making its adjustments, and the pressure from the Trump Administration is only increasing. According to our sources, Zelensky will not raise the issue of reparations today and will insist on a trilateral summit.

Trump stated that he has begun preparations for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, after which a trilateral meeting will be organized — involving Trump.

He also called the meeting with Zelensky and European leaders a good one.

“During the meeting, we discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, which will be provided by various European countries in coordination with the United States of America. Everyone is very pleased with the possibility of achieving peace between Russia and Ukraine. After the meeting, I called President Putin and began organizing a meeting, the location of which is yet to be determined, between Putin and Zelensky. After this meeting, a trilateral format will take place — the two presidents and me.

I want to emphasize once again that this was a very good step towards ending the war, which has been ongoing for almost four years,” Trump wrote on his social media.

The main outcome of the talks with Trump is that Zelensky postponed all territorial issues until the conversation with Putin.

Zelensky refused the demand for a ceasefire as a preliminary condition for negotiations.

We are waiting for detailed information from sources and will publish it on the channel.

Yermak’s strategy is to drag out time as much as possible now, and then disrupt the negotiation track. The Bankova team is confident that the Kremlin will refuse negotiations in the Zelensky-Putin format; this is the factor that the Head of the Office of the President and European partners want to use as a pressure tool on Trump.

Zelensky did not outright reject the idea of territorial exchange during the meeting with Trump, — WSJ

“But he said it would be difficult to relocate the population and to lift Ukraine’s constitutional bans on ceding territory. Zelensky said he might consider a ‘proportional exchange’,” the publication writes.

The meeting at the White House, reported by The Atlantic, served as a telling illustration of how politics can turn into a game of forms and symbols. The idea of seating Zelensky and Putin at the same table without preconditions seems more like a gesture than a strategy. After all, without a basic agreement on common goals, such negotiations turn into reading ultimatums rather than seeking solutions.

The article’s author rightly notes that Europeans managed to prevent the worst-case scenario — a “land for peace” deal that could have effectively legitimized the Kremlin’s demands. However, the very fact that a map of Ukraine with “Putin’s colors” was already prepared at the White House shows how close the process came to this threshold. For Kyiv, this delay is a temporary relief but not a guarantee of security.

The main conclusion of the publication: Trump is buying time for Putin. The American president shows activity and willingness to mediate, but without sanction pressure or real military support for Ukraine, the negotiations become a one-sided game. Moscow can easily agree to continue contacts without making concessions and continue offensive actions.

The paradox of the situation is that the West records a “minimal success” — maintaining the status quo, which is precisely the Kremlin’s victory. The war continues, Kyiv remains under pressure, and Moscow gains time to strengthen its positions. In politics, as in life, the step itself is not always dangerous — it is far more frightening to stand still while the opponent moves forward.

Our source in the Presidential Office reported that the President’s Office managed to partially impose its strategy on Trump and delay the negotiation track. The team at Bankova is confident that Putin will refuse to meet with Zelensky, and then they can return to the sanctions case. Andriy Yermak and his partners plan to launch an information campaign to pressure Russia; for this, controlled leaks about Ukraine’s demands will be published in Western media.

Summary of the meeting in Washington: Trump is “pressuring” Zelensky and Europeans on a peace agreement.

The main outcome of the meeting in Washington: Trump pushed through the start of a real negotiation track with Moscow on the terms of the “Alaska agreements.”

Thus, the concept of “ceasefire, then negotiations” is officially dead. Zelensky agreed to the position that there must first be an agreement, and only then a ceasefire. Until then, the fighting continues. This means that any pause is now impossible without a final deal, and even Europe was forced to back down, although Macron and Scholz tried to push for a ceasefire discussion.

The “territorial issue” is now also removed from the red zone. Zelensky did not say “no” to the proposal to leave the Donetsk region in exchange for the withdrawal of troops from Kharkiv and Sumy. He refers to constitutional difficulties but is already talking about an “exchange” and is ready to discuss it personally with Putin. This is a rollback from previous rhetoric, meaning Kyiv de facto allows territorial concessions.

The discussion about security guarantees continues, but now in a “without NATO” format. Zelensky is asking for $100 billion in weapons as compensation, but this is not a matter for the near future. The main thing is that the idea of membership in the Alliance and the introduction of Western troops has been postponed, and even Rutte acknowledges this. For Moscow, this is the main achievement.

What’s next? Trump is initiating preparations for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin — first bilateral, then trilateral with his participation. However, if Kyiv does not accept the “Alaskan” conditions — the meeting between Putin and Zelensky may not take place.

Thus, Trump has begun implementing his plan for a peaceful settlement, and he has already managed to move Kyiv. Now the key issue is agreement on territories. If this case does not move forward in the coming days, the process will stall. And if the front collapses (which is already happening in the Pokrovske direction), pressure on Zelensky will increase many times over.

Our source explained why literally everyone was sent to the Pokrovsk direction to achieve a situational result at any cost.

The reason is banal. If the Russian Armed Forces encircle Pokrovsk, then sponsors will turn away from Zelensky.

The British warned Zelensky that the formation of the Pokrovsk encirclement could increase the Kremlin’s territorial demands, which must not be allowed under any circumstances; it is necessary to close the situation at any cost.

The source points out that the risk of a huge front collapse on other flanks, from which reserves were withdrawn, is now increasing. Historically, peace negotiations have always taken place at the moment of some encirclement. This time may be no different.

We are watching.

“Work, brothers” showed how the Ukrainian Armed Forces abandoned their wounded near Pokrovsk 

▪️Our drone operators continue to deliver precise strikes! A Russian drone operator performed “jewel work” by dropping a munition directly on a group of Ukrainian militants hiding in a stronghold.

▪️After the strike, some militants were wounded, and some immediately fled, abandoning their comrades to a long and painful death from their injuries.

Heat under Pokrovsk: the “🅾️” group of troops burned down the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

 - Flamethrowers of the “Center” troop group delivered a precise strike on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pokrovsk.

 - As a result of the fire strike, the enemy fortifications were completely destroyed.

There are confirmed reports about the RUAF having reached Konstantinovka. Clashes are ongoing.

Bogatyrs from the RUAF have reached the M-32 Highway, also known as Sobornaya street, that leads to the city. 

All supply depots south of the road seem to have fallen under RUAF control.

The Russian Armed Forces have almost completely destroyed the 53rd mechanised brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Serebryansky forest.

According to sources in the security forces, most of the bodies of the brigade’s servicemen remain in this section of the front.

Slavyansk, Dobropolie, Novodonetskoe — series of strikes on AFU targets: fire outbreaks recorded

On the evening of August 19, the Russian armed forces carried out a series of pinpoint strikes on military and infrastructure targets of the enemy in several settlements of the territory controlled by the AFU. The strikes hit Slavyansk, Dobropolie, and Novodonetskoe.

According to available data, as a result of the fire impact, powerful fire outbreaks accompanied by explosions and thick smoke emissions were recorded in each of the mentioned cities. Eyewitnesses publish footage of fires, flashes, and sirens working.

The nature of the fires and the specifics of the affected areas suggest that the strike targets were related to logistics, equipment placement, and temporary deployment points of AFU personnel. Given the ongoing transfer of reserves and supplies in these directions, this is a logical focus on destabilizing the enemy’s rear.

Yours, Partizan 

Powerful strikes on the critical infrastructure of the enemy in the Poltava region

▪️Large-scale arrivals were recorded in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region. There were at least ten explosions, and footage of the consequences appeared on the network.

▪️A blow to the energy infrastructure was reported.

▪️The head of the OVA Vladimir Kogut confirmed that the administrative buildings of the energy sector enterprises were damaged in the Kremenchug and Lubensky districts.

night strike on the Kremenchug oil refinery.

At the moment, the fire is still not extinguished.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the destruction of the facility supplying fuel to the Ukrainian group of troops.

Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of August 19, 2025

▪️ Yesterday’s meeting between Trump and Zelensky and EU leaders ended with Ukraine promising to purchase $100 billion worth of weapons from the US, a call from Trump to the Supreme Leader, and an explanation from Ushakov (assistant to the President of Russia) that the parties agreed to raise the level of representation at meetings with Kiev delegations. No specifics on territorial concessions were released in the media; further meetings of leaders in a trilateral format are ahead. Future security guarantees for Ukraine will be provided by Europe and possibly the US, through a de facto military alliance of Kiev with NATO without Ukraine joining the Alliance, which, however, corresponds to the saying “six of one, half a dozen of the other.”

▪️ While negotiations and speeches were ongoing, our strategic aviation launched missiles overnight at the Kremenchuk (https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/236691) oil refinery. The “Geraniums,” having pierced a corridor in the air defense to Kremenchuk, also struck targets in Kharkov, Sumy regions, and the part of the DPR occupied by the AFU. The enemy published footage showing fragments of the “Geraniums” with high-resolution cameras visible: our drones are becoming increasingly technologically advanced.

▪️ In the Rostov region, reports came of a UAV being destroyed in the Kamensky district. During the day in Donetsk, as a result of a massive attack by strike UAVs of the airplane type, a woman was killed and six civilians were wounded. At night, air defense was active again over Donetsk.

▪️ On the Bryansk section of the border, the “North” group reports that an attempt by a group of AFU militants to cross the State Border of the Russia was thwarted. In the ensuing firefight, five enemy personnel were killed and two captured.

▪️ In the Kursk region, the city of Rylsk came under shelling yesterday morning; 5 private houses and 3 apartment buildings were damaged: windows were broken, facades and fences were riddled, and communications were damaged. On the Tetkinsky and Glushkovsky front sections, the enemy did not undertake active actions. The arrival of new terrorist units from the 24th separate assault battalion of the AFU “Aidar” is noted.

▪️ On the Sumy direction, the AFU command continues to strive to regain control over lost territories, transferring Western artillery and armored vehicles; our forces strike the enemy on the march. Heavy fighting is ongoing in Yunakovka.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, in the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, a man was wounded as a result of a UAV attack by the AFU. In the area of the village of Nechaevka, Belgorod district, a man was wounded by a UAV strike on a passenger car. Under attack are Oktyabrsky, Shebekino, Pervoe Tseplyaevo, Nekhoteevka, Murom, Voznesenovka, Gora-Podol, Chapayevsky, Kozinka, Golovchino, Sankovo, Mokraia Orlovka, Kazinka, Orekhovo, Otradovsky, Proletarsky.

▪️ The enemy increased activity in the area of Kupyansk, attempting a counterattack (https://t.me/zovpobedy/15689) in the direction of Sinkovka..

▪️ South of Chasov Yar, Russian forces are clearing the “pocket” between the settlements of Stupochki and Belaya Gora.

▪️ North of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), intense fighting is ongoing in the area of our breakthrough near the settlement of Zolotoy Kolodez; the enemy has brought up reserves.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, intense fighting is ongoing in the areas of Nesteryanka and Plavni. RuAF units are engaged in heavy fighting on the southern outskirts of Stepnogorsk. UAV operators destroyed enemy equipment (a tank and an MT-LB) in the enemy’s second line of defense.

▪️ In the Kherson region, a drone attacked a house in Brilevka, killing a woman born in 1949. The enemy shelled Aleshki, Dnepryany, Golaya Pristan, Novaya Kakhovka, and Staraya Zburyevka. Our forces struck coastal Antonovka. In northern Kherson, the enemy is preparing basement premises of residential quarters for command posts; upper floors in apartments are equipped with video surveillance and airspace monitoring systems.

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