
Photo by Sviatoslav Smuk
On the frontline, OSCE reported February 26 that its drone was shot down February 25 after reporting on the location of four 122-m 2c1 Gvozdika howitzers over territory held by Russia-backed forces to the southwest of the village of Sarabash (formerly Kommunarovka), 26 km to the south of Donetsk.
There were five targeted attacks on Ukrainian positions, as a result of which 3 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.
The ATO reported damage to homes in Podlesnoye (Pidlisne) by 152-mm mortars.
Dmitriy Hutsulyak, spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on ATO issues said at a briefing that one Ukrainian soldier had also been killed the previous day, February 25. He was Oleksandr Sivko, born May 7, 1998 from Piskivka, Borodyansky District in Kiev Region, a paratrooper from the 95th Separate Paratroopers Assault Battalion. Another soldier was also wounded, and evacuated to a military hospital.
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick
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