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Maryna Vorontsova (callsign "Lagertha"), a 50-year-old combat medic, was killed near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast when a guided aerial bomb (KAB) exploded near her.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Maryna Vorontsova (person) Peaky Blinders (military_unit) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Military Law Enforcement Service (military_unit) Security Service (SBU) (organization) Military Intelligence (HUR) (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Maryna Vorontsova was killed in November 2025 while fighting for Pokrovsk, a guided aerial bomb fell near her

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Russian forces continue to infiltrate into Pokrovsk from the Zvirove-Shevchenko-Novopavlivka area

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Extracted: 2026-02-18T03:05:45.111Z

Source story: from-drone-pilot-to-combat-medic-stories-of-women-killed-fighting-russia