UkraineTruth
💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck an air defense radar and special operations base in Olenivka, Donetsk region.

Olenivka, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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

How we assess confidence →

Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) S-300 radar (weapon_system) Olenivka (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Zolotyi Kolodiaz (location) Russia (organization) Vostok unit (military_unit) 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Ivan Bohun 14th Operational Assignment Brigade (military_unit) Chervona Kalyna brigade (military_unit) National Guard of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian drone operators (military_unit) SBU (organization) Donetsk airport (location) 24th Brigade (military_unit) Ukraine's Defense Forces (organization) Russian troops (organization) Donetsk Oblast (location) 1441st Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Special Operations Forces (SOF) (military_unit) "Vostok" grouping of forces (military_unit) 30th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 2nd Combined Arms Army (military_unit) TOR air defence missile system (weapon_system) Madyar's Birds Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Shahed drones (weapon_system)

Source Reports

Stefan Korshak (Substack) →

Ukrainian forces struck an air defense radar and special operations base in Olenivka, Donetsk region.

Institute for the Study of War →

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Slovyansk-Lyman direction on December 31 but did not advance

Ukrinform →

We have managed to retain control of the northern part of the town and stabilize the situation in the west

Kyiv Independent →

Ukrainian forces have maintained control of its northern districts and recaptured around 16 square kilometers

Censor.NET →

Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 Russian attacks in the Lyman direction near Novoselivka, Yampil, Zarichne, Stavy, and Drobysheve

Share This Event

Twitter / X Threads Reddit Facebook Telegram WhatsApp Tumblr LinkedIn

Know another source?

If you've seen this event covered by another news outlet, submit it for editorial review. Approved sources improve our confidence ratings.

This event is already verified. Additional sources further strengthen the record.

Submissions are reviewed by an editor before integration.
Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.818Z

Source story: day-1413b-2026-01-09