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Ukrainian border guards from the Luhansk detachment shot down a Russian DJI Mavic 2 drone that was providing fire adjustment over Bakhmut. They used an AK-74 assault rifle, requiring several magazines to hit one of the UAV's motors.

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

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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Luhansk detachment (military_unit) DJI Mavic 2 (weapon_system) AK-74 (weapon_system) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Russian occupiers (military_unit) Eastern Group of Forces (military_unit) 24th King Danylo Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Russian positions (location) 80th Brigade (military_unit) Russian occupation forces (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Sloviansk (location) Bakhmut (location) Avdiivka (location) Lyman (location) Mariinka (location) Shakhtarsk (location) Avdiivka Coke Plant (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Oleksandr Proskurin (person) BM-21 Grad (weapon_system) Zabakhmutka (location) Ocheretyn community (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Maksimilianivka (location) Heorhiivka (location) Vasiukivka (location) Rozdolivka (location) Toretsk (location) Chasiv Yar (location) M113 armored personnel carrier (weapon_system) Ukrainian Border Guards (military_unit) Russian Army (military_unit) 240-mm Tulip mortar (weapon_system) SSU Special Forces (military_unit) FPV drone (weapon_system) APC (weapon_system) IFV (weapon_system)

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Today, border guards from the Luhansk detachment shot down a Russian drone engaged in adjusting fire in the sky over Bakhmut.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

They shot down a DJI Mavic 2 with an AK-74 assault rifle, needing several magazines to hit one of the UAV's motors.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

This is the third Russian UAV shot down in the last three days.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

One of the strikes targeted Sloviansk, Donetsk oblast.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces made marginal gains in and around Bakhmut; increased tempo of operations around Avdiivka

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

AFU repelled more than 120 enemy attacks in Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk directions.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:02.569Z

Source story: 7394376