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425th Assault Infantry Regiment conducted a patrol to Pokrovsk city hall, killing and wounding Russians along the way and hung a Ukrainian flag outside the building.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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425th Assault Infantry Regiment conducted a patrol to Pokrovsk city hall, killing and wounding Russians along the way and hung a Ukrainian flag outside the building.

The Russian military command is reportedly augmenting its troop presence in the Pokrovsk direction.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

SBU released footage on Facebook showing recent operations by Special Operations Center Alpha near Pokrovsk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Unit has inflicted roughly 9,500 enemy personnel killed over the past year in the Pokrovsk sector

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Unit destroyed or damaged large amounts of Russian equipment

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Enemy launched six attacks near Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka, Zarichne, Novoselivka, and toward Korovyi Yar in Lyman direction

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.798Z

Source story: day-1352a-2025-11-08