🛡️ Defense

Vladyslav Stotskyi (alias Vohon), a fighter with the Svoboda Battalion, defended positions on the Siversk front while encircled by Russian forces for 68 days from July to September 2024.

Spirne, Donetsk Oblast
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Source Reports

Vladyslav Stotskyi defended positions on the Siversk front while encircled by Russian forces for 68 days

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops struck 2,428 times at 11 settlements in Donetsk region

Russian attacks against Novoekonomichne in Donetsk Oblast killed one person and injured another

Russian forces are throwing elite units into the first wave of attacks near Chasiv Yar and operating with marine infantry near Toretsk.

The Russian 98th Division has been withdrawn from the area near Chasiv Yar, replaced by other airborne units whose presence is not yet fully confirmed.

Russian forces carried out 2 air strikes on the village of Novoekonomichne.

The strikes destroyed 3 houses and an outbuilding, and damaged 16 private houses.

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