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Ukrainian forces reportedly blew up a bridge on the eastern outskirts of Kirove, 10km northeast of Lyman, though this footage remains uncorroborated by geolocation.

Kirove, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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Ukrainian troops blew up a bridge in Kirove

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

In October 2022, Holubtsova was standing next to her neighbor's burning house destroyed by a rocket

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

while serving a sentence in a Russian colony, he agreed to sign a contract with the Wagner private military company. As part of its units, he initially assaulted the positions of Ukrainian forces in Soledar and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The brigade was deployed to the area in autumn 2022 and served there until the Ukrainian forces withdrew in mid-May 2023

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.901Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-26