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Russian ballistic missiles struck Sloviansk, which had little air defense

Sloviansk, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Russian forces (military_unit) Ruslan "Kalyna" (person) 93rd Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Russian Federation Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian occupation forces (organization) Hrekivka (location) Karpivka (location) Kolodiazi (location) Torske (location) Novyi Mir (location) Shandryholove (location) Hryhorivka (location) Yampil (location) Dronivka (location) Siversk (location) Vyimka (location) Bondarne (location) Stupochky (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Kleban-Byk (location) Rusyn Yar (location) Poltavka (location) Volodymyrivka (location) Kucheriv Yar (location) Myroliubivka (location) Novoekonomichne (location) Promin (location) Pokrovsk (location) Udachne (location) Molodetske (location) Dachne (location) Novopavlivka (location) Filiia (location) Sichneve (location) Komyshuvakha (location) Olhivske (location) Shahed drone (weapon_system)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: certain

Russian ballistic missiles struck Sloviansk

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked northwest of Lyman near multiple settlements

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Donetsk Oblast was hit hardest, where 11 civilians — nine of them in Kostiantynivka — were killed and 16 injured.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

In the Lyman direction, Russian forces launched 15 assaults during the day against Ukrainian positions near Hrekivka, Karpivka, Kolodiazi, Torske, Novomykhailivka, and toward Novyi Myr and Shandryholove. Eight combat clashes are still ongoing.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.726Z

Source story: day-1281b-2025-09-04