🔥 Destruction

Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a railroad bridge over the Kalmius River near Hranitne that Russian forces were constructing or had recently completed, likely using HIMARS rockets or alternatively JDAMS bombs or Hrim-delivered missiles.

Hranitne, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a railroad bridge over the Kalmius River near Hranitne that Russian forces were constructing or had recently completed, likely using HIMARS rockets or alternatively JDAMS bombs or Hrim-delivered missiles.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian forces shelled Pokrovsk twice during the night of January 5-6

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

An administrative building was hit in the attack

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A garage and cars were burning as a result of the strikes

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

There are no people under the rubble according to preliminary information

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

There are casualties/victims from the attack

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The settlements of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast, Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zmiivka and Chervonyi Mayak in Kherson Oblast came under air attacks by the Russians.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The barrage of S-300 missiles hit the town of Pokrovsk and the Myrnohrad community, destroying at least six houses

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The Armed Forces of Ukraine knocked down a railroad bridge the Russians were building over the Kalmius River near Hranitne using means not specified but most likely HIMARS rockets

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

due to a strong attempt to bring down the 'heavenly punishment', we have established the location of new air defense batteries in the Mariupol region - the coordinates have already been passed on to the relevant services.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.512Z

Source story: day-683-2024-01-07