Frontline visuals said to show Russia’s advance in Ukraine as Zelenskiy heads to U.S. for talks

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

VIDEO SHOWS: RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY VIDEO SHOWING PEOPLE SAID TO BE RUSSIAN TROOPS WAVING RUSSIAN FLAGS IN YABLUNIVKA VILLAGE CLAIMED CAPTURED BY RUSSIA/ EXPLOSIONS, FIRES / RUSSIAN FLAGS BEING WAVED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN UKRAINE / STILL SATELLITE IMAGES OF DESTRUCTION IN UKRAINE

UPDATING EDIT WITH CLEARED FOOTAGE SAID TO SHOW RUSSIAN TROOPS WAVING FLAGS IN VILLAGE OF YABLUNIVKA/ CLEARED FOOTAGE SAID TO SHOW EXPLOSIONS AND RUSSIAN TROOPS WAVING FLAGS IN VILLAGE OF ANDRIIVKA-KLEVTSOVE

SHOWS: Compilation of latest Russian advances in Ukraine ahead of Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska

Verification:

TC: 00:05-00:46 /APPLIES TO SHOTS 1-3

- Buildings, road layout and river matched satellite imagery

- Date could not be verified independently

- Russian state news agency reported the capture of Yablunivka on Saturday (August 9)

YABLUNIVKA, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED AUGUST 12, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Access all) (MUTE)

1. DRONE AERIAL SHOWING AN INDIVIDUAL IN COMBAT FATIGUES, SUPPOSEDLY A RUSSIAN SOLDIER, HOLDING UP A RUSSIAN FLAG INSIDE VILLAGE / VIEW OF AREA WITH SMOKE RISING

2. DRONE AERIAL SHOWING TWO INDIVIDUALS IN COMBAT FATIGUES HOLDING UP A RUSSIAN FLAG

3. DRONE AERIAL SHOWING INDIVIDUAL IN COMBAT FATIGUES PLACING RUSSIAN FLAG ATOP CHIMNEY STACK

Verification:

TC: 00:46-01:05 / APPLIES TO SHOTS 4-5

- Location verified by road layout, trees, fields and buildings matched satellite imagery

- Date not verified but Russia's defence ministry said on August 2 Russian forces had captured the village of Oleksandro-Kalynove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

OLEKSANDRO-KALYNOVE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED AUGUST 2, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Must not obscure logo) (MUTE)

4. DRONE FOOTAGE OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS STANDING AMID DESTROYED BUILDINGS, HOLDING UP RUSSIAN FLAG

5. DRONE FOOTAGE OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS / FIELDS / SMOKE RISING IN BACKGROUND

OLEKSANDRO-KALYNOVE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RECENT - JULY 30, 2025) (MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES -- No resale / Must Not Obscure Logo / Must on-screen courtesy Maxar Technologies) (MUTE)

6. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DESTROYED STRUCTURES

7. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF BLOCKED HIGHWAY AND TRENCHES

8. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DAMAGED VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES

9. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DESTROYED BRIDGE ACROSS BYCHOK RIVER

Verification:

TC: 01:25-01:47 / APPLIES TO SHOTS 10 -12

- Location verified by layout of buildings, roads and fields which matched satellite imagery

- Date not verified but Russia's Defence Ministry said on July 31 in a brief statement its forces had "liberated" the town

CHASIV YAR, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED JULY 31, 2025) (SOCIAL MEDIA - No archive/ No resales/ News use only) (MUTE)

10. VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN FLAGS BEING WAVED ON ROAD

11. RUSSIAN FLAGS SEEN ON ROOF

12. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDING

Verification:

TC: 01:48-02:37 / APPLIES TO SHOTS 13-14

- Location verified by buildings, road layout, river and greenery which matched satellite imagery of the area

- Date not verified but Russia's defence ministry on July 13 said its forces had captured the village of Myrne in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region

MYRNE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED JULY 14, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Must on-screen courtesy Russian Defence Ministry) (MUTE) (PART BLURRED AND CAPTIONS FROM SOURCE)

13. VARIOUS AERIAL FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSIONS IN VILLAGE

14. VARIOUS AERIAL FOOTAGE OF SOLDIERS HOLDING RUSSIAN FLAGS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN VILLAGE

MYRNE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (JULY 23, 2025) (MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES - No resale / Must Not Obscure Logo / Must on-screen courtesy Maxar Technologies) (MUTE)

15. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

16. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DESTROYED GRANARY

Verification:

TC: 02:48-03:01 / APPLIES TO SHOTS 17-20

- Location verified by buildings, road layout and greenery which matched satellite imagery of the area.

- Date not verified but the Russian defence ministry said July 14 via its channel in Telegram that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Malynivka in the Zaporizhzhya region.

MALYNIVKA, ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (RELEASED JULY 14, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Must not obscure logo) (MUTE) (PART BLURRED AND CAPTIONS FROM SOURCE)

17. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF STRIKE ON BUILDING

18. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN BUILDING

19. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF FIRE AND SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING IN VILLAGE

20. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF RUSSIAN SOLDIER HOLDING RUSSIAN FLAG ON ROAD / FOOTAGE WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPED UP FROM SOURCE OF SOLDIER AND SURROUNDING VILLAGE

Verification:

TC: 03:02 - 03:34 / APPLIES TO SHOTS 21- 24

- Location verified by buildings, road layout and greenery which matched satellite imagery of the area.

- Date not verified but the Russian defense ministry said July 14 via its channel in Telegram that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Malynivka in the Zaporizhzhya region.

ZELENA DOLYNA, DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE (RELEASED JULY 11, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Must not obscure logo) (MUTE)

21. ORDINANCE EXPLODING

22. DRONE FLYING INTO BUILDING FOLLOWED BY EXPLOSION

ZELENA DOLYNA, DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE (RELEASED JULY 11, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Must not obscure logo) (MUTE)

23. DRONE FLYING ABOVE ROAD / SMOKE PLUMES

24. SMOKE PLUMES

25. VARIOUS OF DRONE RECORDING SOLDIER HOLDING RUSSIAN FLAG

Verification:

TC: 03:35 - 03:49 / APPLIES TO SHOT 26

- Location verified by buildings and road layout which matched satellite imagery

- Date not verified but Russia's Defence Ministry on June 28 said Moscow's forces had seized the village of Chervona Zirka near the administrative border of Dnipropetrovsk region.

CHERVONA ZIRKA, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED JUNE 28, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY - Do not obscure logo) (MUTE)

26. VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF SOLDIERS HOLDING RUSSIAN FLAGS / AERIAL OF THE AREA

CHERVONA ZIRKA, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (JULY 23, 2025) (MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES - No resale / Must Not Obscure Logo / Must on-screen courtesy Maxar Technologies) (MUTE)

27. STILL SATELLITE IMAGE OF DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

Verification:

TC: 03:55 - 05:09 /APPLIES TO SHOTS 28 - 37

- Buildings, treelines, field margins, river and road layouts match file and satellite imagery

- Date not verified but on August 14 Russia's Defence Ministry said Russian forces had captured Andriivka-Klevtsove

ANDRIIVKA-KLEVTSOVE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE RELEASED AUGUST 18, 2025) (RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - Access All) (MUTE) (TC: 03:55 - 04:02)

28. VARIOUS AERIAL FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSIONS IN SETTLEMENT

GIVEN AS ANDRIIVKA-KLEVTSOVE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE RELEASED AUGUST 18, 2025) (RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - Access All) (MUTE) (TC: 04:02 - 04:29)

29. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF FIRE AND SMOKE RISING AMONG HOUSES AND FROM FIELD

30. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF TARGETING AND EXPLOSION NEXT TO HOUSE

31. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF TARGETING AND EXPLOSION

32. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF PERSON ENTERING BUILDING, BUILDING TARGETED, EXPLOSION

33. DRONE FOOTAGE OF MILITARY VEHICLE ON ROAD

34. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF SMOKE RISING

35. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF TARGETING AND EXPLOSION

36. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF TARGETING

ANDRIIVKA-KLEVTSOVE, DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (RELEASED AUGUST 18, 2025) (RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - Access All) (MUTE) (TC: 04:29 - 05:09)

37. VARIOUS AERIAL FOOTAGE OF SOLDIERS HOLDING RUSSIAN FLAGS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN SETTLEMENT