Powerful explosions struck infrastructure objects of the former Luhansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators and an adjacent aviation repair plant in occupied Luhansk, causing a large-scale fire.
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Explosions occurred near the Luhansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators and aviation repair plant on the evening of May 27
Ukrainian forces launched a mass long-range missile strike on Monday evening that saturated a Russian military base in Luhansk with cluster munitions, initiating a massive blaze
The strike was launched from the vicinity of Kramatorsk, 135-140 kilometers east of the airfield
Both Russian and Ukrainian social media identified the weapon as ATACMS, though no official confirmation
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