💥 Attack
Russian forces attacked near Lyman, Drobysheve, Yarova, Ridkodub, Stavky, and other settlements in the Lyman direction.
Lyman, Donetsk Oblast
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Source Reports
Russian forces attacked in the Slovyansk and Lyman directions
Ukrainian forces repelled 26 Russian attacks on Pokrovsk front
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Ukrainian USF drone operators successfully used an FPV drone in ambush mode to strike a Russian occupier wandering through the woods in the Pokrovsk direction
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.570Z
Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-13-2026