82nd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade
The 82nd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade is a unit of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is an airborne assault formation within Ukraine's ground forces that has taken part in combat operations during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including defensive and offensive missions.
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine holds more territory than Russia has taken since autumn, pushes back on Gerasimov's Zaporizhzhia claims
In his evening address on October 18, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces have liberated more territory since the start of autumn than Russia has captured, and that the same trend has held in other periods of 2025. He pushed back on claims by Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, asserting that Russian forces are being engaged about 20 km from Zaporizhzhia, not 5 km as Russia claims, and that several named settlements remain under Ukrainian control.