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Ukrainian forces struck a warehouse at Mariupol airport, causing explosions and setting fuel dumps on fire, which scrambled Russian Su-25 aircraft.

Mariupol, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Su-25 (weapon_system) Andrii Tsaplienko (person) 79th Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces (military_unit) Russian occupiers (organization) BMP-2 (weapon_system) Javelin (weapon_system) Oleksii Danilov (person) National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Tarnavskyi (person) AS-2 (location) Stan-3000 (location) Tsentralnyi district (location) Livoberezhnyi district (location) Russian forces (organization) State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Mariupol City Council (organization) Zhovtnevyi district (location) Kalmiuskyi district (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian General Staff (military_unit) Wagner Group (organization) Russian Army (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Mariupol Airport (location) Mariupol (location) Rozdolivka (location) Bilohorivka (location) Vasiukivka (location) Zaliznianske (location) Bakhmut (location) Ivanivske (location) Klishchiivka (location) Kurdiumivka (location) Ozarianivka (location) Oleksandro-Shultine (location) New York (location) Vesele (location) Novobakhmutivka (location) Avdiivka (location) Vodiane (location) Nevelske (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Heorhiivka (location) Mariinka (location) Bohoiavlenka (location) Vuhledar (location) Prechystivka (location) 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) 120-mm mortar (weapon_system) Donetsk (location) Russian troops (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast (location) Staff of Ukraine (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrainian forces struck a warehouse at Mariupol airport, causing explosions and setting fuel dumps on fire, which scrambled Russian Su-25 aircraft.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian troops managed to storm the positions of the paratroopers of the 79th Brigade

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A convoy of four units of equipment, consisting of a tank and three infantry fighting vehicles, unexpectedly began rapid movement in the middle of the night

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A Russian ammunition warehouse was destroyed in occupied Mariupol on Feb 21, causing at least 11 explosions.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Nighttime blasts in and around Mariupol airport on Feb. 21 and 22, and a series of daytime strikes on Feb. 23

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

At least 11 or 12 blasts hit Mariupol airport, and two or three explosions on the premises of a steel mill. Most reports said there were 15 total impacts.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The strikes set two major aviation fuel storage sites on fire at the airport, and badly damaged Russian troop quarters at the steel mill.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian military blogger Ivan Utenkov stated 'some new munitions' were behind the blasts

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

At least 11 explosions occurred in Mariupol in the evening of February 21.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Two hits were reported in the area of AS-2 and Stan-3000 bus stop, likely where enemy forces were concentrated.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.284Z

Source story: day-366-2023-03-01