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Ukraine has managed to reduce glide bomb attacks on Kharkiv by striking Russian airfields and planes that launch them, using HIMARS and ATACMS systems following the rollback of Western restrictions.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukraine has managed to reduce glide bomb attacks on Kharkiv by striking Russian airfields and planes that launch them

Russian forces recently advanced north of Ambarne (northeast of Velykyi Burluk)

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T11:50:05.286Z

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