⚔️ Counterattack

1st Assault Regiment led by Colonel Dmito Kotsyubaila conducted successful counterattacks against Russian infantry infiltration, defeating a Russian assault against Dobropillia.

November 18, 2025 Dobropillia, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Dmito Kotsyubaila (person) 1st Assault Regiment (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Zuivska Thermal Power Plant (location) Ukrainian military (organization) Russian 51st Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russian 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade (3rd Combined Arms Army) (military_unit) Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps spokesperson (person) Ukrainian brigade operating in Lyman direction (military_unit) Russian 1st Motorized Battalion of the 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment (27th Motorized Rifle Division, 2nd Combined Arms Army) (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office spokesperson (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

1st Assault Regiment led by Colonel Dmito Kotsyubaila conducted successful counterattacks against Russian infantry infiltration, defeating a Russian assault against Dobropillia.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine is about to lose the city of Pokrovsk, and more

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces are conducting glide bomb strikes against Ukrainian positions throughout the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad pocket.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.175Z

Source story: day-1366a-2025-11-25