A strike was carried out on an airfield in temporarily occupied Luhansk, causing a large fire visible on satellite images.
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Satellite images taken on May 28 show traces of a large fire at the Luhansk airfield site north of the runway. The same location imaged on May 10 showed parts of the Nebo-M radar system.
Explosions rang out in Luhansk on May 27.
Explosions were reported in Russian-occupied Luhansk as Moscow-installed head of the region Leonid Pasechnik claimed a missile attack on the city. A major fire broke out near infrastructure facilities of the former Luhansk Higher Military Aviation School and the nearby aircraft repair plant.
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
Explosions occurred near the Luhansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators and aviation repair plant on the evening of May 27
56 attacks were repelled in the Siversk direction.
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