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⚔️ Counterattack

14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade conducted a counterattack using a BTR-4E to drive to Russian positions and engage with 30mm cannon.

Pokrovsk, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade (military_unit) BTR-82 (weapon_system) Pokrovsk (location) 425th Assault Regiment (military_unit) Assault Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade conducted a counterattack using a BTR-4E to drive to Russian positions and engage with 30mm cannon.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Soldiers of the 425th Assault Regiment drove into the city's gray zone to plant a Ukrainian flag on the council building

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The operation prioritized narrative over military logic

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked east of Sofiivka.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.174Z

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