🏴 Capture

Special forces unit Dozor of the State Border Guard Service and fighters of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade conducted a successful operation on the Lyman direction, capturing two Russian soldiers identified as a sniper and a signalman. The prisoners were transferred to competent authorities following filtering activities.

Lyman, Donetsk Oblast
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Ukrainian special forces Dozor and the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade captured two Russian soldiers on the Lyman direction

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The captured soldiers were identified as a sniper and a signalman during filtering activities

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The prisoners were transferred to competent authorities

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The Russian sniper speaks with an accent while the signalman does not

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Extracted: 2026-02-22T18:46:14.316Z

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