⚔️ Counterattack
Ukrainian battalion reports stated that Ukrainian forces repelled a multi-directional company-sized Russian mechanized assault near Velyka Novosilka on May 9.
Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast
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Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Vadym Filashkin (person) Pokrovsk (location) Kostyantynivka (location) Ukrainian General Staff (organization) WORMBUSTERS unit (military_unit) 414th UAV Brigade 'Birds of Magyar' (military_unit) Dobropillia (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Siversk (location) Mykolaypillia (location) Nelipivka (location) Rai-Oleksandrivka (location) Rivne (location) Lancet UAV (weapon_system) Donetsk Oblast (location) Russian forces (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Molniya-1 UAV (weapon_system) 12th Azov Brigade (military_unit) FPV drones (weapon_system) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Russian invaders (organization) Russian Federation (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Russian Federation Armed Forces (organization)
Source Reports
Ukrainian forces repelled a mechanized assault near Velyka Novosilka.
In Donetsk Oblast, three residents were injured — two in Pokrovsk and one in Kostyantynivka.
In Pokrovsk direction, 407 occupiers have been neutralized since beginning of day – General Staff
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Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-11-2025