💥 Attack

Russian forces attempted to return to the attack in the Mirgorod-Pokrovsk sector with small groups of men and a 13-motorcycle rapid assault near the village Hryshyne, plus a similar-sized group on MTLBs heading toward Mirgorod. All were destroyed by drones.

Hryshyne, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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7th Air Assault/Rapid Response Corps (military_unit) 155th Mech "Anna of Kyiv" Brigade (military_unit) Skala Assault Infantry Regiment (military_unit) 3rd National Brigade's Spartan drone unit (military_unit) Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Air Force (organization) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) 7th Rapid Response Corps (military_unit) 155th Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Skelia unit (military_unit) 25th Separate Assault Regiment (military_unit) FAB-250 bomb (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) 79th Separate Air Assault Tavriia Brigade (military_unit) 10th Mountain Assault Brigade (military_unit) Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) 32nd Separate Mechanized Steel Brigade (military_unit) 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (military_unit) 425th Separate Assault Regiment 'Skala' (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Kostiantynivka (location) FAB-500 aerial bomb (weapon_system) Russian army (organization) 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after King Danylo (military_unit) Chasiv Yar (location) 79th Separate Airborne Assault 'Tavriia' Brigade (military_unit) BM-21 Grad (weapon_system) Oleksandr Honcharenko (person) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) 30th Brigade (military_unit)

Source Reports

Russian attack cost 104 personnel, 79 killed, 22 motorcycles/ATVs, and 3 armored vehicles

Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps repelled a Russian assault near Myrnohrad with two armored fighting vehicles, destroying both

Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian motorised assault targeting the settlement of Hryshyne on the Pokrovsk front, the first in the past three months.

Russian troops used two FAB-250 bombs to strike the residential sector and a high-rise apartment buildings. As a result of the shelling, eight residents were injured, including two children.

Russia's plans for spring and summer involve exerting intense pressure on the overstretched Ukrainian defense across the front line, looking for weak points, attriting Ukrainian combat power with the use of drones

Russian forces attempted a breakthrough west of Pokrovsk along the E-50 highway using 14 motorcycles and two Niva cars

The last unsuccessful attack using motorcycles was carried out by the occupiers at the beginning of December 2025

For the assault on Hryshino, the Russians used 13 motorcycles

155th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 425th Separate Assault Regiment 'Skala' together with adjacent units in the 7th Corps area destroyed 9 motorcycles on the approaches to the village

Ukrainian military stopped 4 motorcycles in Hryshino

Total confirmed losses of enemy personnel - 17 people

In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian troops repelled 15 attempts by the invaders to advance toward Hrekivka, Nadiia, Novomykhailivka, Novoserhiivka, Olhivka, Serednie, the settlement of Korovii Yar, Drobysheve, Zarichne, Lyman and Dibrova

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.860Z

Source story: day-1485a-2026-03-23