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Ukrainian forces destroyed 20 Russian tanks and armored vehicles during a mechanized assault in the Kupyansk direction.

Nove Pekelne, Kharkiv Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) 4th Tank Division (military_unit) T-72 tank (weapon_system) T-80 tank (weapon_system) Russian drone operators (military_unit) Nove Pekelne (location) Russian army (organization) Holubivka (location) Petropavlivka (location) 3rd Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian occupying forces (military_unit) 4th Guards Tank Division (military_unit) Zeleny Hai (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Chernyi Zhirbets River (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Borova (location) Oskol River (location) Oleksii Hetman (person) Russian occupation forces (organization) Dvorichna (location) 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) 1st Tank Army (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) State Border Guard Service (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian 4th Guards Tank Division (military_unit) Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade (military_unit) Kharkiv Oblast (location) Petropavlivka-Holubivka (location) Kupyansk (location) Svatove-Kupyansk Road (location) Zahryzove-Lozova-Kruhliakivka (location) Oskil River (location)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces destroyed 20 Russian tanks and armored vehicles during the assault on January 8-9

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Two women aged 42 and 67 were injured on the evening of Jan. 8 after a Russian drone attack against the village of Nove Pekelne

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian occupying forces attempted mechanized assaults on positions of the 3rd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv Oblast on January 8-9

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On 8 January at about 10:00 p.m., a Russian attack drone attacked the village of Nove Pekelne, damaging residential and outbuilding structures.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.979Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-12-2025