💥 Attack

The 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade, coordinated by aerial reconnaissance, directed a mortar unit to strike a group of Russian military engineers in Donetsk Oblast. The resulting strikes destroyed engineering equipment and killed the personnel.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade and Border Guard Service killed a group of Russian military engineers in Donetsk Oblast using mortar fire after aerial reconnaissance identified them.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian engineering troops were in the area to build fortifications with an excavator, which was destroyed along with the personnel.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched five missiles on Bakhmut, wounding civilians and hitting an apartment building.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Four missiles hit Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on Dec 6

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas, the enemy is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. More than 20 settlements were shelled by tanks and artillery of various types, including Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Bila Hora, Druzhba, Zalizne, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:20:55.951Z

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