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| Ministry of Defense has released footage of the liberation of Pokrovka in Sumy Oblast |
| 2026-02-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] On February 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense published footage of the liberation of Pokrovka in Sumy Oblast. "As a result of decisive action, units of the North military group liberated the village of Pokrovka in the Sumy region," the department noted. Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have also launched attacks on units of two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) in the region near Grafske, Andreevka, and Myropolye. The published footage shows artillery and drone strikes against the enemy. It also shows the Russian flag being raised over the liberated village. neva. Russian Armed Forces drove the enemy out of Pokrovka on February 16. They also liberated the village of Minkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that units of the "North" military group continue to expand security zones in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. On February 15, the Russian army liberated the village of Tsvetkovoe in the Zaporizhzhia region. This allowed the creation of a bridgehead for further Russian offensives in the region. Also on February 15, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, reported that Russian units on the front are advancing in all directions. Over the past two weeks, despite harsh winter conditions, 12 settlements have been liberated from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. |
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