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Russian forces conducted assault operations to capture the Vuhlehirska Thermal Power Plant in Donetsk Oblast but were repelled by Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Verkhnokamianka, Donetsk Oblast
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Russian forces conducted assault operations from several directions to establish control over the Vuhlehirska Thermal Power Plant in Donetsk Oblast, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled these assaults.

Russian forces attempted unsuccessfully to take territory surrounding the Vuhlehirsk thermal power plant in Donetsk Oblast.

Strikes destroyed two schools and a kindergarten in Kostiantynivka, Bakhmut and Novodmytrivka, Donetsk region. Four killed and five injured by cruise missile strikes on Korabelnyi, Halytsynove, Shyroke and Bereznehuvate in the Mykolaiv region.

On July 24, the enemy conducted limited ground attacks to the northwest of Sviatohirsk, east of Siversk, and south of Bakhmut.

AFU struck at an accumulation of invaders' equipment in areas of machine plant in occupied Horlivka.

Journalist Andryi Tsaplienko reported on the strike via his Telegram page.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:01:45.510Z

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