💥 Attack

State Border Guard Service aerial reconnaissance detected and destroyed a Russian engineering group in the Donetsk sector using drones equipped with explosives.

Zolota Nyva, Donetsk
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Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

State Border Guard Service detected a Russian engineering group in the Donetsk sector via aerial reconnaissance

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian engineering group was attempting to strengthen their positions

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Border Guard drones destroyed the engineering group using explosives

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Border Guards published video of the engagement

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces carried out two missile strikes, deploying a Kh-59 missile to attack civilian infrastructure in Myrnohrad, Donetsk Oblast.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The fall of Avdiivka when, after several months of brutal fighting, the Russian army captured the city leveled to the ground.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian troops broke through enemy defenses and reached the outskirts of Avdiivka, capturing 19 houses

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

HIMARS strike on Yelenovka base killed three 155th Brigade officers in February 2024

Censor.NET → Source tone: speculation

An enemy IFV slipped through and dropped troops behind them on the road; they had to decide whether to rush down the street or find another path

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:01.255Z

Source story: 3821076-border-guards-destroy-russian-engineering-group-in-donetsk-sector