Projectile event in Donetsk, Sofiivka area, Ukraine on Fri 26th December 2025

On 26 December 2025, Russian and Ukrainian military forces clashed near Sofiivka, Donetsk. Russian forces hit (likely by artillery as the most common event) multiple Ukrainian units, including marines (coded to Myrnohrad) and Azov brigade (coded to this event), across multiple locations, some near Sofiivka. According to Russian sources, the Ukrainian military lost up to 440 soldiers near Sofiivka, Toretske, Myrnohrad, Hryshyne, Bilytske, Rodynske, Novyi Donbas, Novopavlivka and Ivanivka [Russian MoD reported 440 fatalities. Coded as 10 fatalities split across 9 events. 2 fatalities coded to this event]. The Russian military lost 100 solders, 71 of them irreversibly (coded as fatalities), near Shakhove, Pankivka, Sofiivka, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka and Dachne (71 fatalities split across 10 events and coded as 7. Overall fatalities for this event coded as 9).