🛡️ Defense

HUR conducted special operation "Prapor" to extract two wounded Ukrainian paratroopers (born in 1993 and 1997) from occupied Luhansk region. A Russian soldier (Dmytro, mobilized in April 2023) who applied to the "I Want to Live" project participated in the operation.

Novoselivske, Luhansk
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Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A Russian soldier helped Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) conduct special operation "Prapor" [Flag] to extract two Ukrainian paratroopers from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The paratroopers were successfully evacuated to Ukrainian-controlled territory on Sept. 28, 2023.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Dmytro, a Russian Army soldier who was mobilized in April 2023, applied to the I Want to Live project and participated in the operation.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian troops have reduced the pace of their local offensive operations on the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.

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Extracted: 2026-02-24T17:01:50.965Z

Source story: 32455