Regrouping FINISHED! Ukrainians RETAKE THE INITIATIVE in Dnipropetrovsk! | RFU News

RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine Published October 13, 2025

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🔴 Subscribe to our news website today and unlock exclusive strategic and tactical insights: https://www.rfunews.com/pricing Today, the biggest news comes from the Dnipropetrovsk direction. Here, with the Ukrainian brigades reorganized, they're immediately turning the tide and defeating the Russians in the field, showing the difference one good commander can make. In turn, Russians have abandoned all hope of a successful attack and are forced to move around, but the Ukrainian soldiers had one last trick up their sleeve. The turning point came with the reform in Ukrainian 141st brigade, as after a period of poor performance and degraded command practices, the brigade was reshaped under Shevchuk, who removed Soviet-style military thinking and rebuilt unit culture around modern combined-arms practices. The change is evident in tighter small-unit coordination, clearer fire-control procedures, and a restored emphasis on discipline and logistics. That cultural shift has directly translated into faster decision cycles on all levels by giving non-commissioned officers increased agency, more reliable liaison with artillery and drones, and an ability to conduct sustained clearing operations rather than a failing defense. As a result, the 141st has expanded its counteroffensive effort northward, mounting systematic clearing and interdiction missions that extend into Novoselivka and surrounding gray zones. First, reconnaissance drones swept the target area and picket out a small Rus...