🏴 Capture
The 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade recaptured Tolstoi in west Donetsk, days after retaking Andriivka-Klevtsove.
Oleksandro-Shultyne, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War
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Source tone: likely
The 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade recaptured Tolstoi in west Donetsk, days after retaking Andriivka-Klevtsove.
Institute for the Study of War →
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Russian forces advanced northwest of Poltavka and northeast of Volodymyrivka
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.167Z
Source story: day-1275a-2025-08-24