This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here.

Kursk-Sumy Area

North of Sumy, Russians reached village Korchakivka.

Kharkiv Area

Fighting continued within Kozacha Lopan with Ukrainians pushing back against the previous Russian advance.

Zaporizhzhia Area – East

In the northeast, Ukrainians pushed Russians back in the area of Novopavlivka.

Ukrainians pushed forward within village Piddubne, and advanced in the space southwest of it.

Further south, Ukrainians advanced towards Maliivka reaching this village.

South of Ternove, Ukrainians reached village Zaporizke.

Ukrainians advanced in the space southwest of Zlahoda and west of Solodke.

A static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. The front northeast of Zaporizhzhia by the noon, 20 July 2026. All information on the maps is approximate.

Kupyansk-Lyman Area, Kramatorsk-Slovyansk Area, Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka Area, Pokrovsk-Dobropillya Area, Zaporizhzhia Area – South, and Black Sea-Dnipro River Area

Fighting in the areas continued without confirmed major changes in territorial control.