⚔️ 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

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

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Entities

Dmito Kotsyubaila (person) 1st Assault Regiment (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Pokrovsk (location) Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces (military_unit) Krasnyi Lyman (location) Ukrainian brigade operating in the Pokrovsk direction (military_unit) 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) Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office spokesperson (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Zuivska Thermal Power Plant (location) Ukrainian military (organization) Vuhlehirsk TPP (location) Russian Federation (organization) 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after King Danylo (military_unit) Russian assault group (military_unit) thermal power plant in Zuhres (location) Lyman (location) Rai-Oleksandrivka (location) Kramatorsk (location) Dmytro-Darivka (location) FPV drone (weapon_system) Druzhkivka (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Mykolaivka (location) Sloviansk (location) Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka (location) Starorayske (location) Phoenix border guards (military_unit) Type-63 (weapon_system) Russians (organization) Geran-2 UAV (weapon_system) Italmas UAV (weapon_system) Zuiivska TPP (location) Donetsk (location) Makiivka (location) Ilovaisk (location) Denis Pushilin (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.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces recently advanced within northeastern Pokrovsk.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Vuhlehirsk TPP in the Donetsk region was damaged and stopped generation due to Russian attack.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.812Z

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