🏴 Capture

A single soldier from the Ukrainian 71st Jaeger Brigade captured seven Russian soldiers (one wounded) after their MTLB armored vehicle was destroyed and they sought shelter in a basement.

January 18, 2025 Vovchansk, Kharkiv

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Entities

71st Jaeger Brigade (military_unit) MT-LB (weapon_system) Russian soldier (military_unit) seven Russian soldiers (person) MTLB tracked carrier (weapon_system) Vovchansk sector (location) Russian forces (military_unit) DeepState analysts (organization) Dachny (location) Kotlyne (location) Dachny (location) Tikhoye (location) Zelenyi Hai (location) Kharkiv Oblast (location) Udachny (location) Dachnoye (location)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

A single soldier from the Ukrainian 71st Jaeger Brigade captured seven Russian soldiers (one wounded) after their MTLB armored vehicle was destroyed and they sought shelter in a basement.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A single soldier from the 71st Jaeger Brigade captured seven Russian soldiers in the northeastern Vovchansk sector.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces have advanced near several settlements in Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.154Z

Source story: day-1060-2025-01-19