🏴 Capture

12th National Guard Brigade (Azov) captured 20 Russian prisoners of war, including a lieutenant, during offensive operations in Toretsk, where Ukrainian forces have regained ground in house-to-house fighting.

March 27, 2025 Toretsk, Donetsk

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War

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12th National Guard Brigade (military_unit) Azot (military_unit) 136th Motor Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 144th Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Donetsk (location)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

12th National Guard Brigade (Azov) captured 20 Russian prisoners of war, including a lieutenant, during offensive operations in Toretsk, where Ukrainian forces have regained ground in house-to-house fighting.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces recently advanced southeast of Nove (northeast of Lyman).

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.159Z

Source story: day-1129a-2025-03-29