💥 Attack

A zhdun ambush drone attacked a vehicle carrying Bohdan "Bars" and his team from the 116th Mechanized Brigade while en route to positions.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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A zhdun drone ambushed the vehicle carrying Bars' team on their way to positions

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The team jumped out of the car as quickly as possible when they saw the drone rise up

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Nobody was seriously injured and the vehicle was later retrieved

Russian forces attacked northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, and Synelnykove on September 14 and 15

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Extracted: 2026-02-22T18:49:16.011Z

Source story: russian-troops-back-in-central-kupiansk-kharkiv-oblasts-once-liberated-city