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Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces repelled a Russian assault near Myrnohrad with two armored fighting vehicles, destroying both.

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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

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

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Defense Forces stopped the first motorized assault on Hryshyne in the last three months

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russia used 13 units of motorized equipment to storm Hryshyne, destroying 9 on outskirts and stopping another 4 in the village

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Total confirmed enemy casualties amount to 17 people

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

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

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

For the assault on Hryshino, the Russians used 13 motorcycles

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

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

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian military stopped 4 motorcycles in Hryshino

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Total confirmed losses of enemy personnel - 17 people

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Extracted: 2026-03-21T05:13:29.003Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-18-2026