💥 Attack

The Russian Ministry of Defense illegally conscripted Ukrainian youth in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts as part of Russia's Fall 2024 conscription cycle.

November 18, 2024 Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) 46th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Kostiantynivka (location) Russian forces (organization) Siversk (location) Novoliubivka (location) Torske (location) Bilohorivka (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Toretsk (location) Myroliubivka (location) Promin (location) Lysivka (location) Petrivka (location) Pustynka (location) Novooleksiivka (location) Berestky (location) Sontsivka (location) Voznesenka (location) Dalnie (location) Yelyzavetivka (location) Katerynivka (location) Antonivka (location) Trudove (location) Rozdolne (location) Makarivka (location) Rivnopil (location) Novodarivka (location) Prydniprovske (location) 6th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian dugout (location) Russia (organization) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade (military_unit) Russian occupying forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) illegally conscripted Ukrainian youth in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts as part of Russia's Fall 2024 conscription cycle.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Zelensky visited construction of fortifications in the Donetsk region and chaired a meeting on regional supply issues

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces advanced south of Bilohorivka

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian attacks killed three people and injured seven.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces captured Selydovo and are preparing to approach Pokrovsk from south and southeast

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T19:51:40.454Z

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