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Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian tank, several armored vehicles, and infantry during clashes in the Kurakhove sector of Donetsk region.

Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade (military_unit) BMP (weapon_system) 37th Separate Marine Brigade (military_unit) tank (weapon_system) Ukrainian paratroopers (military_unit) Russian troops (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Pershotravneve (location) Stupochky (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Toretsk (location) Russian army (organization) 98th Airborne Division (military_unit) Okhotnik Spetsnaz Detachment (military_unit) 5th Terek Cossack Reconnaissance Brigade (military_unit) 3rd Battalion of the 255th Motorized Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Pokrovsk direction (location) Kurakhove direction (location) Vremivka direction (location) Russian military command (organization) Storm units (military_unit) Ukrainian military (organization) 4th Brigade of Operational Assignment Rubizh (military_unit) Andrei Otchenash (person) DPR formations (military_unit) LPR formations (military_unit) 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniel (military_unit) Andrei Polukhin (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russia (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian paratroopers thwarted a Russian assault, neutralizing four infantry fighting vehicles (BMP)

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The enemy deployed a column of armored vehicles to assault the positions of the Ukrainian defenders from the Jaeger Brigade. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of drone operators and artillery units, the enemy's equipment was halted. The result: four enemy fighting vehicles were destroyed or damaged.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian offensive operations near Bilohorivka did not result in confirmed advances

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces are concentrating main efforts on Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Vremivka directions

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks against the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast killed one person and injured another

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T04:17:39.018Z

Source story: 43257