⚔️ Counterattack

Russian forces struck a Ukrainian HIMARS system with a Lancet drone; Ukrainian mil-bloggers confirmed the hit, attributing it to lack of electronic jamming capability.

Kostyantynivka, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent

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Russian forces struck a Ukrainian HIMARS system with a Lancet drone; Ukrainian mil-bloggers confirmed the hit, attributing it to lack of electronic jamming capability.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine has stabilized the situation in the Pokrovsk direction and in some areas seized the tactical initiative

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.162Z

Source story: day-1170b-2025-05-12