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Gunners from 505 Separate Battalion of 3rd Separate Assault Brigade fired a rare 160mm heavy mortar, likely in the Donetsk sector.

Klishchiivka, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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505 Separate Battalion (military_unit) 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) 160mm heavy mortar (weapon_system) Ukrainian military (military_unit) Russian military (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Gunners from 505 Separate Battalion of 3rd Separate Assault Brigade fired a rare 160mm heavy mortar, likely in the Donetsk sector.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces destroyed 3 armored vehicles and damaged 2 tanks during Russian assault near Klishchiivka

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Assault actions took place in Kramatorsk and Toretsk directions near multiple settlements with no loss of Ukrainian positions

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.161Z

Source story: day-1142c-2025-04-12