💥 Attack

Ukrainian drone pilots of the 23rd Special Purpose Battalion hunted Russian infantrymen in mine buildings near Kotlyne.

February 2, 2025 Kotlyne, Donetsk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

23rd Special Purpose Battalion (military_unit) Forces of the Defense of Ukraine (military_unit) Toretsk (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian defense positions (military_unit) Stupochky (location) Belaya Gora (location) artillery (weapon_system) UAVs (weapon_system) Ukrainian positions (military_unit) Zelenopolie (location) Yelyzavetivka (location) Luch (location) Zviednogo (location) Udachno (location) Uspenivka (location) Andriivka (location) Novoaleksandrivka (location) Serebryane (location) Dachne (location) Russian enemy forces (military_unit) Pokrovsk section of the front (location) Serbyne (location) Udachne (location) Kotlino (location) Zverevo (location) Forces of Defense (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) enemy attacks (military_unit) Ukrainian military unit (military_unit) Russian occupation troops of RF (military_unit) Novoleksiyivka (location) Novovasylivka (location) Occupation troops of the Russian Federation (military_unit) Shevchenko-Dachenske (location) Ukrainian National Guard (military_unit) Russian sabotage group (military_unit) 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) FPV drone (weapon_system) Novodarivka (location) Novopole (location) Southern Defense Forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Yesterday, drone pilots of his unit, the 23rd Special Purpose Battalion of Ukraine's Presidential Brigade, were hunting Russian infantrymen in the mine buildings; videos on Babai's phone show the last moments of the enemy soldiers' lives, caught unaware as the drones flew right through the windows.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Forces of the Defense of Ukraine continued to hold Toretsk and Chasiv Yar despite intense combat in the urban settlements.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

National Guardsmen liquidated a Russian sabotage group of three occupiers in the Donetsk region.

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