The commander of the 'Aidar' assault battalion reported that Russian forces are using a new tactic of running in groups across fields to avoid FPV drone attacks at the Pokrovsk direction.
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Russian forces are using a new tactic of running in groups across fields to avoid FPV drone attacks at the Pokrovsk direction.
Russian forces, supported by artillery and various types of UAVs, continue to storm our positions in the urban areas of Chasiv Yar, Toretsk and near Shcherbynivka.
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:58:03.720Z
Source story: fpv-droni-u-armiji-rosiji-nova-taktika-na-fronti-12910881