💥 Attack

Russian airstrikes targeted multiple settlements in Donetsk region including Druzhba, Novo-oleksandrivka, Prohres, Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Novoselivka, Novopokrovske, Ocheretyne, Zhelanne, and Volodymyrivka.

March 9, 2024 Chasiv Yar, Donetsk

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Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Druzhba (location) Novo-oleksandrivka (location) Prohres (location) Novobakhmutivka (location) Berdychi (location) Novoselivka (location) Novopokrovske (location) Ocheretyne (location) Zhelanne (location) Volodymyrivka (location) Terny (location) Spirne (location) Andriivka (location) Klishchiivka (location) Orlivka (location) Tonenke (location) Pervomaiske (location) Nevelske (location) Pobieda (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Novomykhailivka (location) Vadym Filashkin (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) KAB-250 guided bomb (weapon_system) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Shahed kamikaze drone (weapon_system) Novopavlivka front (location) Ukrainian forces (organization) Avdiivka front (location) Lyman front (location) Bakhmut front (location) 63-year-old man (victim) (person) 68-year-old woman (victim) (person) 57-year-old man (victim) (person) Uragan multiple-launch rocket system (weapon_system) 29-year-old woman (victim) (person) Russian Federation (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Patriot (weapon_system) Chasiv Yar (location) S-300 (weapon_system) Iskander-M (weapon_system) S-300PS (weapon_system) Iskander ballistic missile (weapon_system) SuperCam drone (weapon_system) M901 launcher (weapon_system) MIM-104 anti-aircraft missile (weapon_system) Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (weapon_system) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Kurakhove (location) KAB-guided bombs (weapon_system) Shahed (weapon_system) KAB-250 (weapon_system) Myrnohrad (location) Dobropillia (location) Russian Aerospace Forces (military_unit) Russian military aviation (military_unit) Ukrainian Air Force Command (organization) 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Magura" (military_unit) BMP-2 (weapon_system) kamikaze drone (weapon_system) Bohdanivka (location) Ivanovske (location) Heorhiivka (location) Donetsk Region Military Administration (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian airstrikes targeted the settlements of Druzhba, Novo-oleksandrivka, Prohres, Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Novoselivka, Novopokrovske, Ocheretyne, Zhelanne, and Volodymyrivka of Donetsk region

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A total of 63 combat clashes occurred on the front line over the past 24 hours. The Russians tried to break through Ukraine's defences on the Novopavlivka front 22 times.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Russia had allegedly destroyed two Patriot launchers near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, for the first time since the start of all-out war

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A missile strike destroying a Ukrainian S-300 unit in the Donetsk region

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces struck a Ukrainian Patriot battery column near Pokrovsk using three Iskander ballistic missiles guided by a SuperCam drone, destroying two M901 launchers and several MIM-104 missiles.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:03.467Z

Source story: 3837503-war-update-63-combat-clashes-along-frontlines-on-friday