💥 Attack

Russian forces from the 20th Combined Arms Army launched a major assault towards Vuhledar using the 155th and 40th Marine Infantry Brigades, 80th Coastal Infantry, and 14th Special Forces, supported by T-90 and T-80 tanks, but were repelled with heavy losses by Ukrainian defenders.

Vuhledar, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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Russian forces from the 20th Combined Arms Army launched a major assault towards Vuhledar using the 155th and 40th Marine Infantry Brigades, 80th Coastal Infantry, and 14th Special Forces, supported by T-90 and T-80 tanks, but were repelled with heavy losses by Ukrainian defenders.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian Marine units launched attacks against Vuhledar on Feb 4 using armored personnel carriers and late-model tanks

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.205Z

Source story: day-353-2023-02-16