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UAF Army General Staff recorded RF attempts to increase pressure at multiple locations in the Donetsk direction, as noted by the Institute for the Study of War.

Vuhledar, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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UAF Army General Staff recorded RF attempts to increase pressure at multiple locations in the Donetsk direction, as noted by the Institute for the Study of War.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The Russian military will need to restaff the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade for the third time due to its losses in Vuhledar. The 155th Naval Infantry Brigade had 5,000 servicemen prior to its defeat in Vuhledar

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine's Armed Forces might have destroyed 'almost an entire brigade' of Russia's elite 155th naval infantry in the battles over Donetsk Oblast's Vuhledar.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The 155th brigade totaled about 5,000 soldiers, whose members were killed, wounded, or captured.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops were losing 150-300 marines a day in that area.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Over the past week, the enemy lost about 130 units of equipment, including 36 units of tanks.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.998Z

Source story: day-185a-2023-02-13