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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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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

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.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

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

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

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

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

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

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:20:50.041Z

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