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Russian forces conducted several assaults on motorcycles and other light vehicles for the first time in the Lyman direction.

Lyman, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian 331st Airborne (VDV) Regiment (military_unit) Ukrainian brigade (military_unit) Zoria (location) Vadym Filashkin (person) Dorozhnie (location) Svitle (location) 63rd Mechanized Brigade "Steel Lions" (military_unit) Umit (person) Kotliarivka (location) Toretsk (location) Romanivka (location) Novoolenivka (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) FAB-250 (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Nove (location) Oskil (location)

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Russia's Khortytsia Group of Forces Spokesperson Major Viktor Trehubov reported on May 13 that Russian forces conducted several assaults on motorcycles and other light vehicles for the first time in the Lyman direction.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least two civilians and injured at least seven over the past day

Censor.NET →

Russian occupiers shelled the Donetsk region 21 times, killing 2 people and wounding 7

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.841Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-13-2025