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Ukrainian Air Force successfully used the AASM Hammer for the first time, dropping the first bomb on Russian occupiers at the Avdiivka coke plant.

Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Kyiv Post Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Entities

Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) AASM Hammer (weapon_system) Avdiivka coke plant (location) 109th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian troops (organization) Avdiivka (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Kramatorsk-Sloviansk agglomeration (location) Russian army (organization) Tavriia Operational Strategic Group (military_unit) Ukrainian defenders (organization) S-300 (weapon_system) Ukrainian soldiers (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Ukrainian troops (organization) 3rd Assault Brigade (military_unit) Kurakhove (location) Russia (organization) Oleksandr Tarnavskyi (person) Tavria group of forces (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Patriot (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The Ukrainian military has been successfully using the AASM Hammer since the beginning of March 2024. The first bomb was dropped on the occupiers at the Avdiivka coke plant.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Positional fighting continued near Bakhmut

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Access to Chasiv Yar would allow the enemy to continue their offensive operations, preparing for an attack on Konstantynivka

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia is attempting to advance in several sectors in the east and south of Ukraine following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

In March 2024, Russian missiles destroyed two launchers from a Patriot depot near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast

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Extracted: 2026-02-23T15:07:56.506Z

Source story: 33980