# Expert: Kiev sends elite units to stabilize front in Dobropolye, DPR

https://mins.news/en/item/29529

- TASS, 2026-08-22 23:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/defense/2176559

> Military expert Andrey Marochko said Ukraine’s command is sending its best-trained elite units to Dobropolye in the Donetsk People’s Republic to stabilize the front amid panic in Ukrainian formations over the advance of Russian forces. He previously said Russian troops were cutting off the Ukrainian grouping after taking Krasnopodolye and could advance from the south and northwest.

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