💥 Attack
Geolocated footage published on December 2 shows a soldier of the Russian 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade executing a Ukrainian POW with his hands raised in surrender in Svyato-Pokrovske (southwest of Siversk).
Svyato-Pokrovske, Donetsk Oblast
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88th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian POW (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russia (organization) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian units (military_unit) OC East (organization) Ukraine (organization) Hyzhak Brigade (military_unit) Kostiantynivka (location) National Police of Ukraine (organization) 24th Brigade (military_unit) 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after King Danylo (military_unit) Oleksandr Honcharenko (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Yampil (location) Dronivka (location) Serebrianka (location) Siversk (location) Oleksandro-Shultyne (location) Pleshchiivka (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Yablunivka (location) Rusyn Yar (location) Volodymyrivka (location) Maiak (location) Rodynske (location) Chervonyi Lyman (location) Novoekonomichne (location) Pokrovsk (location) Kotlyne (location) Udachne (location) Molodetske (location) Dachne (location) Novopavlivka (location) Yalta (location) Oleksandrohrad (location) Sosnivka (location) Verbove (location) Krasnohirske (location) Pryvilne (location) 5th Separate Special Purpose Detachment Omega (military_unit) National Guard of Ukraine (organization)
Source Reports
Russian forces executed Ukrainian POW in Siversk direction
Ukrainian defenders stopped 72 Russian assault actions on the Pokrovsk front
Enemy stockpiles in Pokrovsk, ammunition depot in Biloiarivka, and fuel depot in Luhansk region were hit
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.483Z
Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-5-2025