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Two drone operators from the 87th Separate Rifle Regiment died in combat near Pokrovsk after their field commander forced them into an assault detachment as punishment for criticizing command.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post

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87th Separate Rifle Regiment (military_unit) 1st Slavic Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 41st Combined Arms Army (military_unit) International Committee of the Red Cross (organization) Mirjana Spoljaric (person) 51st Combined Arms Army (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Two drone operators died in combat after being forced into assault detachment as punishment for criticizing command

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Field commander forced reassignment to assault tasks

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Three ICRC staff killed and two wounded in shelling attack on aid distribution site in Donetsk region

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.959Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-14-2024