[UPDATE – Aug 15th, 2025] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – August 2025, 1/2

💥D1259-Aug 5th 00:00Z: The Russian army crossed the border of the Kharkiv region at a new section The Russian Armed Forces crossed the border of the Kharkiv region near the international checkpoint “Hoptivka,” creating a threat of encircling the western flank of the Ukrainian grouping in the Lypetska agglomeration. Meanwhile, in the Khmelnytskyi region, the Russian Aerospace Forces struck military targets, including the Starokostiantyniv airfield, with “Kinzhal” missiles. Why the entry of the Russian Armed Forces into the Kharkiv region may become a “promising complication of the conditions in the negotiations” for Ukraine and why the media of the independent…