🏴 Capture

Russian forces seized Vremivka on January 17 as part of efforts to envelop Velyka Novosilka. Geolocated footage shows elements of the Russian 127th Motorized Rifle Division planting a flag in northwestern Vremivka.

Vremivka, Donetsk Oblast
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Russian forces seized Vremivka on January 17

Elements of the Russian 127th Motorized Rifle Division planted a Russian flag in northwestern Vremivka

Elements of the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade were credited with the seizure

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces seized Vremivka on January 17 as part of their efforts to envelop Velyka Novosilka and force Ukrainian forces to withdraw from the settlement.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces have captured Neskuchnoye and Vremovka, positioning themselves close to Velika Novoselka to attack from the south, west, and east.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Soldiers of the 79th Separate Air Assault Tavriia Brigade captured seven Russian invaders in the Kurakhove direction.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian paratroopers provided medical care to the prisoners taken during the operation.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.988Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-17-2025