💥 Attack
Russian forces conducted a company-sized mechanized assault near Yasenove attempting to seize Bohdanivka, Troitske, and Horikhove.
Yasenove, Donetsk Oblast
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Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Kostyantynivka (location) Hryshyno (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Chinese nationals (person) 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Anastasia Blyshchyk (person) Pokrovsk (location) Myrnohrad (location) Kostiantynivka (location) "Phoenix" attack drone unit (military_unit) State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Special Operations Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) 59th Separate Assault Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk (military_unit) Chornyi Zherebets River (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) 59th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Chinese citizens (person)
Source Reports
Russian forces conducted company-sized mechanized assault near Yasenove
Russian shelling killed two residents in Kostyantynivka and Hryshyno, and wounded two others.
Destroyed: a tank, an armoured personnel carrier, D-30 and MT-12 "Rapira" guns, a reconnaissance complex and a "Pole-21" EW system
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.385Z
Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-8-2025