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Ukrainian forces struck the headquarters of Russian 8th Combined Arms Army in occupied Donetsk City with a missile strike, killing acting commander Colonel Ruslan Goryachkin.

Donetsk City, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Russian 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Ruslan Goryachkin (person) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Denis Pushilin (person) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian missile strike killed acting commander of 8th CAA

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine struck a command post of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast

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Extracted: 2026-02-24T00:13:43.580Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-1-2025