💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian S-300 missile system near Mariupol in the occupied Donetsk region using ATACMS missiles.

August 21, 2024 Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) S-300 (weapon_system) ATACMS (weapon_system) Russia (organization) 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Myrnograd (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Pokrovsk (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian Army (organization) Russia's 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Phoenix unit (military_unit) Ukrainian border guards (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (organization) Makiivka (location) Novosadove (location) Hrekivka (location) Dibrova (location) Vyimka (location) Pereizne (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Klishchiivka (location) Ivanivske (location) Niu-York (location) Nelipivka (location) Toretsk (location) Zalizne (location) Pokrovsk sector (location) Vozdvyzhenka (location) Mykhailivka (location) Kalynivka (location) Novohrodivka (location) Hrodivka (location) Mykolaivka (location) Ptyche (location) Skuchne (location) Zelene Pole (location) Kostiantynivka (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Karlivka (location) Vodiane (location) Sicheslav paratroopers (military_unit) BM-21 Grad (weapon_system) National Guard of Ukraine (organization) Phoenix evacuation group (military_unit) State Emergency Service (organization) 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the 24th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

In mid-July, the AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky announced a successful strike on a Russian S-300 missile system near Mariupol in the occupied Donetsk region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces fired at least four M39 cluster-munition filled ATACMS missiles at Russian anti-aircraft positions on the outskirts of Mariupol

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The damage to enemy radar stations and launchers has been confirmed based on intelligence reports

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Drone operators from the Phoenix unit left five Russian artillery systems damaged and destroyed 10 enemy dugouts, a tractor and another vehicle in the Kramatorsk axis, Donetsk region.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Serviceman fired a 120mm mortar towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T18:04:05.280Z

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