In the area of the village of Novoselka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian military destroyed a platoon of the 31st separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a high-explosive aerial bomb (FAB).
According to the TASS news agency, earlier the servicemen of this Ukrainian unit in full force deserted from their positions near the village of January.
"In the area of Novoselovka, they caught up with a platoon of the 31st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which deserted from the January one," a source in the law enforcement agencies told the publication.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet commented on this information.
Earlier, EADaily reported that Russian units from the Vostok group of forces liberated the settlements of Zeleny Gai of the Donetsk People's Republic and Maliyevka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
More details: https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2025/07/26/voyska-gruppy-vostok-osvobodili-naselennye-punkty-v-dnr-i-dnepropetrovskoy-oblasti

Washington Bag: Messiah Zelensky saves Europe and the United States from The Soviet Union
They answered for Kirov: a strike on a landfill near Kiev disrupted a closed arms exhibition
Trump got into zugzwang — Pushkov
Rubio flew in from Lavrov: We still need to understand who exactly failed there in Anchorage
Will Nikol pay? Rosselkhoznadzor banned the import of dairy products from Armenia
Ukrainian drones attacked the civilian infrastructure of St. Petersburg