💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces reportedly counterattacked near Novoselivka.

June 16, 2026 Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Novoselivka (location) 3rd Army Corps (military_unit) Oleksandr Borodin (person) Ukrainian General Staff (military_unit) Siversk (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Zakitne (location) Platonivka (location) Kryva Luka (location) Kostyantynivka (location) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) 177th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment (military_unit) Novyi Donbas (location) Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Robert Magyar Brovdi (person) Osa air defense system (weapon_system) Spartak (location) 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Debaltseve (location) Kremenivka (location) Mariupol (location) Bahatyr (location) Velyka Novosilka (location) Russian forces (military_unit) FAB-250 guided aerial bomb (weapon_system) Pokrovsk (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Novoselivka (northwest of Lyman).

Ukrainska Pravda →

Russian forces struck a residential area of Sloviansk using an 81-year-old pensioner has been killed in her home. Her husband is suffering from concussion.

Ukrainska Pravda →

The occupiers attacked the town again at 18:00. Two residents aged 36 and 37 sustained fatal injuries. Four more civilians have been injured.

Ukrainska Pravda →

At least 117 houses were damaged in the city.

Ukrinform →

Russian forces are coordinating strikes against Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Druzhkivka.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast killed four people and injured 18 others.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.698Z

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