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💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck the Starobesheve power plant in Donetsk Oblast with rockets.

Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Starobesheve power plant (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Kramatorsk (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Russian defense ministry (organization) Ukraine (organization)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The power plant was previously struck in a Ukrainian rocket attack on Jan. 8, 2023

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian rounds hit Bakhmut and other Ukrainian positions despite Moscow's ceasefire claims

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T11:50:14.021Z

Source story: ukraine-reportedly-strikes-thermal-power-plant-in-occupied-donetsk-oblast