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Ukrainian Air Assault Infantry and Azov units cut the Dobropillia salient into two pieces and liberated the village of Novomykolaivka in Sumy region.

Novomykolaivka, Sumy
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Censor.NET

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Air assault infantry (military_unit) Azov (military_unit) Novomykolaivka (location) Russian 51st Airborne Regiment (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Iskalnder-M missile (weapon_system) Sumy Energy (organization) Italmas (weapon_system)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian Air Assault Infantry and Azov units cut the Dobropillia salient into two pieces and liberated the village of Novomykolaivka in Sumy region.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked near Novokostyantynivka, Varachnye, and Yunakivka.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Sumy was under attack on August 16, 2025, with daily drone terror and weekly shelling by MLRS, rockets, or KABs.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.708Z

Source story: day-1275a-2025-08-24