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blue-wave

(5,507 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:14 PM 7 hrs ago

Russia is abandoning its push on Stepnohirsk where average mobilized Russian soldier survived 12 minutes

Source: Euromaidan Press

Russian occupation forces are likely abandoning attempts to advance on Stepnohirsk in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast, says Ihor Burdeinyi, commander of the 128th Separate Zakarpattia Mountain Assault Brigade, per UNIAN. This small settlement became one of the last major obstacles on the road to Zaporizhzhia, a city of over 500,000 people.

The retreat has happened after the Russians suffered heavy losses during assaults on Ukrainian positions. Fighting for the settlement involved elite Russian units, but according to Ukrainian military assessments, the average survival time of a newly mobilized Russian soldier there was around 12 minutes.

He added that Russian forces continue artillery and FPV drone strikes in an attempt to create the appearance of activity, but there are effectively no Russian troops inside the settlement itself.

Read more: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/13/russia-is-abandoning-its-push-on-stepnohirsk-where-average-mobilized-russian-soldier-survived-12-minutes/



12 minutes? It's time to give it up Pootin. You know Ukraine will only emulate this throughout the frontline. Send your troops home, where they should have been all along.
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Russia is abandoning its push on Stepnohirsk where average mobilized Russian soldier survived 12 minutes (Original Post) blue-wave 7 hrs ago OP
WG's gonna have a sad Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #1
WG? ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #3
I don't have a clue either blue-wave 4 hrs ago #5
1killed, 36 injured as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse irisblue 5 hrs ago #2
Them crack Russian soldiers receive, like, ten days of training Brother Buzz 4 hrs ago #4

irisblue

(37,839 posts)
2. 1killed, 36 injured as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse
Thu May 14, 2026, 12:52 AM
5 hrs ago
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-rock-kyiv-as-russias-mass-daytime-drone-strike-becomes-large-scale-missile-attack/


snip-"Shortly before 1 a.m., Ukraine's Air Force issued a nationwide aerial alert, warning that Russia had launched MiG-31 bombers and that every region in the country was now at risk of ballistic missile strikes.

Tkachenko later warned that many Russian drones were headed toward the capital and that missile strikes were also a possible threat.

Explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital, a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground reported at 3:08 a.m. local time, as many air defense systems worked to knock down Russian drones"



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