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Ukrainian soldiers from the 59th brigade are defending Pokrovsk against intensifying Russian attacks while using abandoned mine facilities for cover.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainian 35th Brigade (military_unit) chief sergeant (person) Pokrovsk (location) 29 local officials (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) Grad MLRS (weapon_system) 2 private houses (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Dachny (location) Velyka Novosilka (location) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Vitaliy Litvyn (person) National Guard of Ukraine (organization) Hortytsia operational-strategic group (organization) Dachny (location) Pokrovsk direction (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Chasiv Yar (location) Ukrainian 59th brigade (military_unit) private houses (location) Udychny (location) Velika Novosilka (location) Vitalii Litvin (person) Udachna (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Vladislav Seleznev (person) 24th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) BMD-4 (weapon_system) T-72 (weapon_system) 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Leopard (weapon_system) 98th Airborne Division (military_unit) 102nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Russia (organization) Edward Scott (person) Baza UA (organization) Pylyp Rozhdestvenskyi (person) British volunteer (person) Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office (organization) DeepState (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian army is around six kilometres from the centre of Pokrovsk

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk with rocket-propelled grenades from a Grad MLRS at 11:05

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces advanced along Dniprovska Street in Chasiv Yar

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks killed 1 in Siversk, injured 2 in Pokrovsk and 2 in Bilytske

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.394Z

Source story: 46309