💥 Attack

Russian Su-34 medium-range strike aircraft are deploying aerial guided bombs from standoff positions behind the front lines against Ukrainian battlefield positions and cities like Kharkiv.

December 12, 2024 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform

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Su-34 (weapon_system) Russian aerospace forces (military_unit) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Pomsta Brigade (military_unit) Yevhen Pikus 3rd Border Guard Detachment (military_unit) Phoenix UAV unit (military_unit) T-72 tank (weapon_system)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian Su-34s deploy aerial guided bombs against Ukrainian positions and Kharkiv

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

On 12 December, it became known that Ukraine's defence forces had carried out a successful counterattack near Kupiansk and encircled a Russian grouping in the city.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian airstrikes targeted Loknya, Bilovody, Basivka, Tatarka, Vysoka Yaruha, Lozova, Hoptivka, Tsupivka, Lyptsi, Velyki Prokhody, Vovchansk, Krymske, Ulakly, Bahatyr, Komar, Mala Tokmachka, and Stepnohirsk.

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