🔧 Sabotage

Armed saboteurs operating in groups of 5-20 men, sometimes uniformed and sometimes in civilian clothes, were spotted in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Kryvoi Rih, Ivano-Frankivsk and Mykolaiv.

Kyiv, Kyiv
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Armed saboteurs operating in groups of 5-20 men, sometimes uniformed and sometimes in civilian clothes, were spotted in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Kryvoi Rih, Ivano-Frankivsk and Mykolaiv.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups used Ukrainian police cars and uniforms as cover near Vasylkiv

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian forces approached a checkpoint wearing National Police of Ukraine uniforms in a car with flashing lights

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian forces shot Ukrainian soldiers at the checkpoint near Vasylkiv

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The attack was intended to distract attention

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Electricity went off on February 26, and eventually water and gas were cut to the hospital

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces bombed the village of Ivankiv in the Kyiv region, where a small museum hosted Prymachenko works. The museum was hit and burned to the ground.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.217Z

Source story: day-4a-2022-02-27