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A Ukrainian drone equipped with a shotgun shot down three Russian Mavic drones and fired at a Russian soldier near Synkivka and Petropavlivka in the Kupiansk sector.

Synkivka, Kharkiv region
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Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A Ukrainian drone equipped with a shotgun shot down three Russian Mavic drones and targeted a Russian soldier.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russians constantly shell both the center of Kupiansk and central parts of settlements in the Kupiansk hromada, directly targeting the city of Kupiansk. There are no military objects there - they were not there before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russian forces established an unspecified crossing over the Oskil River between Kruhlyakivka and Senkove (both northeast of Borova).

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian forces have been attempting to force the Oskil River for months in an attempt to outflank Ukrainian defenders

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.099Z

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