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The 81st Air Assault Brigade claimed to have pushed Russian forces out of positions between Toretsk and Yampolivka, though Russian sources described the fighting as back-and-forth.

Toretsk, Donetsk
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The 81st Air Assault Brigade claimed to have pushed Russian forces out of positions between Toretsk and Yampolivka, though Russian sources described the fighting as back-and-forth.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces seized Novotoretske and advanced in central Myrolyubivka during a reinforced company-sized mechanized assault on April 17.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched 54 assault operations in the Pokrovsk sector over the last day

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

Source story: day-1149a-2025-04-19