 Ukrainian forces advance near Robotyn. Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations on at least three areas of the front on August the 18th and advanced in the area of Robotyn in the west of Zaporizia Oblast, according to the daily report from the Institute for the Study of War. Geolocation footage posted on the 18th of August indicates that Ukrainian forces have made minor gains south of the village of Eurasane on the border of Donetsk and Zaporizia Oblasts, the report said. Geolocation videos posted on the 17th to the 18th of August also indicate that Ukrainian troops are holding positions in the northeast of Robotyn, 10 kilometers south of Orykiv, the ISW said. The footage confirms that recent Ukrainian advances in the Robotyn area have likely been tactically significant and ISW previously assessed that such advances are likely reflective of a significant degradation of the Russian forces defending the area. Russian mill bloggers claimed on the 18th of August that Ukrainian forces control northern Robotyn and conducted assaults in unspecified areas south and southeast of the settlement after Russian forces temporarily withdrew from Robotyn itself, suggesting that Ukrainian forces have made further advances in the area. The relative speed of these alleged Ukrainian advances suggests that the area north of the settlement may have been heavily more mined than areas into which Ukrainian forces are currently trying to advance, the ISW said.