🛡️ Defense
Ukrainian forces from the 1st Corps "Azov" are conducting a defensive operation in the Dobropillia sector together with adjacent units.
Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War
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1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov" (military_unit) 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade (military_unit) HUR (organization) Timur Special Unit (military_unit) 7th Corps of the Air Assault Forces (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russian forces (military_unit) GUR (military_unit) FP-2 drone (weapon_system) Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)
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Kyiv Independent →
Source tone: certain
The 1st Corps is conducting a defensive operation in Dobropillia sector together with adjacent units
Institute for the Study of War →
Source tone: uncertain
Russian forces advanced in central Rodynske.
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Extracted: 2026-02-20T11:50:10.391Z
Source story: president-zelensky-visits-fronline-pokrovsk-azov