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Ukrainian forces continue to hold Pankivka and Zapovidne southeast of Dobropillya.

Pankivka, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Mi-8 helicopter (weapon_system) Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (organization) 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Robert "Madyar" Brovdi (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Mi-28N helicopter (weapon_system) Robert Brovdi (person) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Predators of the Heights battalion (military_unit) Mi-8 (weapon_system) 155th separate mechanised brigade named after Anna Kyivska (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Serhii Pavuk (person) 107th Territorial Defence Forces Brigade (military_unit) Favorit (military_unit) Defence Forces (military_unit) 59th Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces hold positions in Pankivka and Zapovidne

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian FPV drone destroyed Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 29

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On Sept. 29, 2025, fighters from the "Predators of Heights" unit also struck a multi-purpose Mi-8.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Video shows almost fifty enemy military vehicles standing on the side of the road near Pokrovsk, documented by aerial reconnaissance of the 155th separate mechanised brigade named after Anna Kyivska

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.413Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-29-2025