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Russian marines fired on Ukrainian infantry moving through dense terrain; Ukrainian forces retreated back into Sumy region.

Zapselye, Sumy
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent

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Russian marines (military_unit) Zapselye (location) Russia (organization)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian marines fired on Ukrainian infantry moving through dense terrain; Ukrainian forces retreated back into Sumy region.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia was bringing more equipment into the border area.

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Extraction metadata

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

Source story: day-1184a-2025-05-25