💥 Attack

Russian airstrikes targeted multiple settlements in Donetsk region.

May 7, 2024 Avdiivka, Donetsk region

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Oleksandr Mashlay (person) Pravyi Postup (organization) Plast - the National Scout Organization of Ukraine (organization) Youth Nationalist Congress (organization) PORA civic campaign (organization) National Alliance NGO (organization) Institute of Mass Information (organization) 79th Separate Assault Tavriia Brigade (military_unit) Novomykhailivka (location) Yampil Forest (location) Lyman Forest State Enterprise (organization) Kraken (military_unit) Kraken unit (military_unit) Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (military_unit) 59th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (military_unit) 115th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (military_unit) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Donbas (location) Ukraine Defence Ministry (organization) Ocheretyne (location) Chasiv Yar (location) T0504 road (location) Novoolenivka (location) 79th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) FPV drones (weapon_system) BMP (weapon_system) Lyman Territorial Community (location) Russian occupiers (military_unit) drone (weapon_system) kamikaze drone (weapon_system) APC-1 (weapon_system) FPV drone (weapon_system) Serebrianskyi forestry (location) Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka highway (location) Lyman direction (location) National Guard of Ukraine (military_unit) Serebrianskyi Forest (location)

Source Reports

What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Russian airstrikes targeted the following settlements: Andriiivka, Druzhba, Prohres, Stara Mykolaivka, Kalynove, Novooleksandrivka, Ivanivka, Novoselivka Persha, Sokil, Vovche, Yevhenivka, Novopokrovske, Antonivka, Vodiane, and Urozhaine of Donetsk region

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian troops repelled 17 Russian attacks near the settlement of Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) as well as Verkhnokamianske, Vyimka, Rozdolivka, Novyi, Klishchiivka and Andriivka (Donetsk Oblast).

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Fighters heroically hold the defense, daily destroy numerous enemies, set fire to enemy armored vehicles and take prisoners.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Commander-in-Chief visited frontline unit headquarters in the threatened Avdiivka sector

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian artillery shelling on May 7, 2024, in the Yampil forestry caused a fire covering 300 hectares.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:05.910Z

Source story: 3860818-war-update-97-combat-clashes-in-ukraine