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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.

Novomlynsk, Kharkiv
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Institute for the Study of War UNIAN Kyiv Independent

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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.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

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.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

A mortar and an ammunition depot were destroyed.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The strikes also targeted and damaged a cannon, enemy shelters, and a pontoon bridge.

Ukrainian forces regained positions along Druzhby Street in southwestern Hlyboke

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Military analyst Oleksandr Hetman stated that Russians are currently losing more people on the front than they can recruit new forces, with Russia able to mobilize 25,000-40,000 people per month while Ukraine destroyed about 45,000 Russian personnel in November.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A drone strike in Kupiansk wounded a 65-year-old man.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.151Z

Source story: day-1018a-2024-12-08