💥 Attack

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Shahed drone storage, preparation and launch site near Donetsk airport using ATACMS and SCALP missiles on March 7.

March 7, 2026 Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast

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UNIAN Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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Source Reports

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UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Shahed drone storage, preparation and launch site near Donetsk airport using ATACMS and SCALP missiles on March 7, resulting in a large-scale fire and secondary detonation.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces launched strikes on the Russian facility near Donetsk Airport using French-British SCALP (Storm Shadow) missiles and U.S. ATACMS missiles

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

A video shows a large fire and secondary explosions following the attack

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian General Staff reported ATACMS/SCALP strike against Shahed launch site near Donetsk Airport

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces conducted an Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS)/SCALP-EG missile strike against a Russian Shahed drone launch site near occupied Donetsk City on March 7.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

At least six people were injured as a result of the night shelling of Kramatorsk. Among the wounded are three children born in 2010, 2014, and 2024. The Russians dropped a 500-kilogram aerial bomb on the city at around 3:40 a.m.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces dropped a 500-kg guided aerial bomb on the city at around 03:40, injuring six people including three children

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Extracted: 2026-03-08T00:13:22.042Z

Source story: udary-po-rf-atacms-i-scalp-porazili-sklad-shahedov-vozle-doneckogo-aeroporta-13307589