💥 Attack

Ukrainian border guards from the Steel Border brigade destroyed a Russian infantry fighting vehicle using FPV drones near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region.

May 22, 2024 Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast

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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Using three FPV drones, the brigade's fighters inflicted fire damage on an infantry fighting vehicle of the invaders. The enemy IFV was burnt to the ground.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Moscow's forces had managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers in the region but had been halted by the first line of defense

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian gunners for the first time in months appear to have had enough artillery shells to take on big Russian ground attacks

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

A drone strike on a police car during evacuation in Vovchansk killed Police Major Ladyka and seriously injured Senior Lieutenant Mozharovskyi.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:06.748Z

Source story: 3866445-ukrainian-border-guards-destroy-russian-ifv-near-vovchansk