🛡️ Defense

The 25th Airborne Brigade and 81st Air Assault Brigade were identified as the primary units defending the area south of Izium.

Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast
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The primary UAF units defending south of Izium are the 25th Airborne Brigade and 81st Air Assault Brigade.

The 72nd and 79th Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully 'grinding down' the superior hostile forces in Vuhledar.

The epic defeat of the enemy armored assault group near Vuhledar on February 9, 2023 will go down in history.

Ukrainian forces smushed a Russian breakthrough near Pokrovsk and reclaimed ground in two regions.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces are conducting counter-battery fighting to reduce the enemy's ability to hit the Konstantynivka-Bakhmut highway.

Defense Forces have the opportunity to deliver weapons, provisions, and evacuate wounded from the area near Bakhmut.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:31.395Z

Source story: day-55-2023-02-10