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Russian 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade shelled Ukrainian forces on Velykyi Potemkin island.

Kherson, Kherson Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post

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126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Yury Sobolevskyi (person) Novaya Kakhovka (location) Russia (organization) War Mapper (organization)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade shelled Ukrainian forces on Velykyi Potemkin island - confirmed by geolocated footage

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces shelled Kherson city overnight on April 30, injuring two people

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Extracted: 2026-03-09T10:41:33.773Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-19