Ukrainian 8th Mountain Assault unit wiped out a Russian bridgehead on the west bank of the Oskil River near Novomlynsk and reduced a second bridgehead to shallow holes under shelling and drone strikes.
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Ukrainian 8th Mountain Assault unit wiped out a Russian bridgehead on the west bank of the Oskil River near Novomlynsk and reduced a second bridgehead to shallow holes under shelling and drone strikes.
Fighters from the Achilles Unmanned Strike Aviation Systems Battalion of the 92nd Assault Brigade used FPV drones to strike an ammunition depot and a pontoon bridge of Russian invaders on the Kharkiv axis.
A mortar and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
The strikes also targeted and damaged a cannon, enemy shelters, and a pontoon bridge.
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Source story: day-1018a-2024-12-08