💥 Attack

Russian forces conducted six missile strikes on Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka and Zaporizhzhia

May 11, 2023 Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast

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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Sloviansk (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Zaporizhzhia (location) Serebrianka Forest (location) Lyman front (location) Hrekivka (location) Verkhnokamianske (location) Spirne (location) Bilohorivka (location) Bakhmut (location) Stupochky (location) Bakhmut front (location) Bila Hora (location) Kurdyumivka (location) New-York (location) Vasyukivka (location) Orikhovo-Vasylivka (location) Novomarkove (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Avdiivka (location) Novokalynove (location) Bedychi (location) Hostre (location) Heorhiivka (location) Pobieda (location) Shakhtarsk front (location) Vuhledar (location) Prechystivka (location) Paraskoviivka (location) Kostyantynivka (location) Novomykhailivka (location) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Pavlo Kyrylenko (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Toretsk (location) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Smerch (weapon_system) Institute for the Study of War (organization) 36th Marine Brigade (military_unit) 57th Brigade (military_unit) Wagner Group (military_unit) 127th Territorial Defense Brigade (military_unit) 60th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russian 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) Hrad (weapon_system) Vadym Liakh (person) 3rd Separate Assault Brigade (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces carried out six missile strikes, including strikes on the cities of Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka and Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast damaged multiple houses and a school, killing one person in Sloviansk and wounding 12 others.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A typical engagement was recorded by a drone operated by the 36th Marine Brigade, an amphibious infantry formation operating in the Donbas sector, that observed a Russian two-man 82mm mortar team uncovering and opening fire from a residential courtyard in a village. The officially redacted images show three howitzer shells striking the site directly, followed by an air burst and another shell leveling a house next to the mortar position.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade attacked Russian positions near Bakhmut.

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