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Ukraine's 15th National Guard Brigade took over the defense of Selydove.

Selydove, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

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15th National Guard Brigade (military_unit) 24th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Pokrovsk (location) Ukrainian POWs (military_unit) Russian thermite drones (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Naval Forces (military_unit)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The 15th National Guard Brigade took over the defense of Selydove.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Russian forces have recently begun using drones modeled after Ukraine's "Dragon Fire" UAVs, reportedly based on stolen designs

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russians are attacking Vuhledar and Vodiane in Donetsk direction

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:26:27.950Z

Source story: overstretched-ukrainian-forces-struggle-to-contain-russian-advance-as-us-elections-loom