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The Ukrainian Armed Forces used a kamikaze drone to eliminate two Russian occupants in Donetsk region.

Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Censor.NET Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda

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Entities

Ukraine's armed forces (military_unit) Shaleny Kaban drone (weapon_system) Russian occupiers (military_unit) Oleksandr Tarnavskiy (person) Ukrainian Ground Forces (military_unit) British Ministry of Defense (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces (military_unit) 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) BM-21 Grad (weapon_system) 36th Marine Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Sovy ("Owls") (military_unit) Shadow (military_unit) Pivnichne (location) Toretsk (location) Tykhonivka (location) Kramatorsk district (location) Russian armed forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully eliminated two occupants in Donetsk region using a kamikaze drone "Shaleny Kaban"

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukraine was preparing other surprise offensives to drain Moscow's forces

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian marines destroyed a Russian anti-drone unit in Donetsk Oblast on the Avdiivka front using kamikaze UAVs

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:58:22.924Z

Source story: ocupiers-unsuccessfully-escaping-from-ukrainian-drone-which-nevertheless-attacking-russians-video