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⚔️ Counterattack

Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops out of Bahatyr, blunting a Russian attempt to threaten Ukrainian supply lines in the Pokrovsk sector.

Bahatyr, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Bahatyr (location) Russian 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 51st Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russian 20th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian 42nd Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) 58th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russia (organization) Vadym Filashkin (person)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops out of Bahatyr, blunting a Russian attempt to threaten Ukrainian supply lines in the Pokrovsk sector.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces recently advanced in northern Myrolyubivka and seized Myrolyubivka and Mykhailivka

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian attacks killed one person in Oleksandro-Kalynove and injured six elsewhere in the region.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.163Z

Source story: day-1177a-2025-05-17