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Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Rostov region targeting Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Kramatorsk, Donetsk region
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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Iskander-M ballistic missile (weapon_system) Rostov region (location) Russian invasion forces (organization) kamikaze UAV (weapon_system) Russian army (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian armed forces (organization) Russia (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Rostov Oblast (location) Kursk Oblast (location) Cape Chauda (location) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian forces (organization) Heavy Shot drone (weapon_system) Vampire drone (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Iskander-M missile (weapon_system) Iskander-M (weapon_system) Russian troops (military_unit) Selydove community (location) coal mining enterprise (location) power lines (location) Ukrainian defenders (military_unit) Lyman direction (location) Siversk direction (location)

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The missile was launched from Russia's Rostov region, targeting Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia launched 22 Shahed-type attack drones and one Iskander-M ballistic missile overnight on July 26

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Airstrikes In the Donetsk region’s: Lyman, Siversk, Chasiv Yar, Pivnichne, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha, Ivanivka, Krasnohorivka, Toretsk, Lysychne, Zhelanne, Karlivka, Verkhniokamianske, New York, Ukrainsk, Maksymilianivka, Kostiantynivka and Katerynivka

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Occupiers frequently attempt to retake lost positions in the forest through local assaults by infantry supported by artillery, but these efforts have been repelled without success.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian troops fired from a kamikaze UAV at the city of Ukrainsk at about 10:30 a.m. on 26.07.2024, damaging power lines and buildings of a coal mining enterprise.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:10.164Z

Source story: 3889042-ukraine-downs-20-shahed-drones-overnight-friday