💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian UAV workshop near Tokmak in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region.

February 18, 2026 Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia

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Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian army (organization) Zaporizhzhia district (location) Zaporizhzhia Oblast (location) Russia (organization) Verbove (location) Orestopil (location) Vovche (location) Novooleksandrivka (location) Hai (location) 33rd Separate Assault Regiment (military_unit) 1st Separate Assault Regiment (military_unit) Vyshneve (location) Ternove (location) Huliaipole direction (location) Oleksandrivka direction (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Orikhiv direction (location) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ivan Tymochko (person) Reserve Land Forces Council (organization) Russian frontline units (military_unit) Valery Gerasimov (person) Russian Armed Forces General Staff (organization) Vladyslav Voloshyn (person) Southern Defence Forces (organization) Ukraine (organization) Russian forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces hit a Russian UAV workshop near Tokmak in temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A six-year-old girl was injured in a Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia district in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 18 February 2026

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast injured a six-year-old child Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A Ukrainian military source reported that Ukrainian forces advanced to northwestern Verbove, suggesting that Ukrainian troops likely liberated Orestopil, Vovche, Novooleksandrivka, and Hai in recent days.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces from 33rd and 1st Separate Assault Regiments stopped Russian breakthrough attempt in Dobropillia, Zaporizhzhia region

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:20.725Z

Source story: 4092922-ukrainian-forces-strike-russian-air-defense-system-command-posts-drone-workshop-general-staff