The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that elements of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade (3rd CAA) seized Platonivka (northwest of Siversk) after conducting a feint, attacking under fog and rain conditions, and using FPV drone and artillery strikes.
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Elements of the Russian 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade seized Platonivka after conducting a feint.
Russian forces are continuing efforts to enclose an operational encirclement around the sister city of Myrnohrad, where Ukrainian brigades have held out despite their logistics routes being choked by Russian advances on the ground and drone control in the sky.
The enemy has advanced near Volodymyrivka (Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region)
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