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Russian forces conducted an airstrike using a glide bomb (later identified as an Iskander missile) on an awards ceremony held by the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, killing between 28 and 60 soldiers and wounding many others.

Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda

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Russian forces conducted an airstrike using a glide bomb (later identified as an Iskander missile) on an awards ceremony held by the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, killing between 28 and 60 soldiers and wounding many others.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Russia said in a defence ministry briefing Saturday that it had inflicted a fire defeat on a Ukrainian assault unit in Zaporizhzhia and that up to 30 people had been killed.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian defenders conducting offensive operations on Melitopol front and exhausting Russians along contact line

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.222Z

Source story: day-620-2023-11-06