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Thu Feb 24, 2022, 04:55 AM Feb 2022

Ukrainian defenders have repelled the attack on the town of Shchastia, Luhansk region. Fifty Russian

Full Title: Ukrainian defenders have repelled the attack on the town of Shchastia, Luhansk region. Fifty Russian mercenaries were killed.

"The town of Shchastia (Luhansk region), which was attacked by the Russian aggressor, is regained. When trying to attack, the equipment was destroyed and about 50 enemies were killed," the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security posted on Facebook.

At about 05:00, the state border of Ukraine in the sections near the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was attacked by Russian troops supported by Belarus. Attacks on border units, border patrols, and checkpoints are carried out with the use of artillery, heavy equipment, and small arms in Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Zhytomyr regions.

In addition, the attack is carried out from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups is also observed. Information on casualties among border guards is being clarified.

As of 07:00, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces had shot down 5 planes and 1 helicopter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3411218-ukrainian-army-repels-attack-on-shchastia-town-killing-50-occupiers.html

The page link just went down. It did this on another posted article from the same site. I would guess there is a cyber attack in progress, but the above is the full article

Yeah, I'm convinced now that there is a cyber attack in conjuction with Russian disinformation. Another site I just visited says that Russian forces captured the town of Shchastia. But their source is Russian out of Moscow. Be careful what you are reading. The Russians are sending out false information.

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Ukrainian defenders have repelled the attack on the town of Shchastia, Luhansk region. Fifty Russian (Original Post) blue-wave Feb 2022 OP
FYI Aussie105 Feb 2022 #1
Thank you!! blue-wave Feb 2022 #2
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