Ukrainian artillery conducted massive strikes using over 1,000 shells including cluster munitions, white phosphorus, and shrapnel on Russian positions in Rabotine, forcing Russian troops to retreat to the next defensive line.
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Ukrainian artillery conducted massive strikes using over 1,000 shells including cluster munitions, white phosphorus, and shrapnel on Russian positions in Rabotine, forcing Russian troops to retreat to the next defensive line.
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On the Zaporizhzhia front, over 20 settlements were affected by Russian artillery shelling, including Charivne, Huliaipilske, Omelnyk, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky and Piatykhatky in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.219Z
Source story: day-540-2023-08-17