Between January and August 2026, personnel of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces (DSHV) and other participating units carried out an effective offensive operation on the Oleksandrivka direction. "This offensive operation of ours has been carried out precisely - exactly as planned," the president said. Units and subunits of Ukraine’s Assault Forces have taken control of the settlements of Rybne, Maliivka, Sichneve, Ternove, Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizke," the command said on its Telegram channel. The core of the strike grouping consisted of Air Assault Forces units, which, together with Assault Forces subunits and other components of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, successfully broke through enemy defenses, overcame resistance and accomplished the assigned combat tasks. "Ukrainian soldiers are currently continuing to build on the success of the offensive operation and are methodically destroying the combat potential of the Russian occupation forces," the DSHV command said.