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Ukrainian defense forces struck another Tor surface-to-air missile system near Balashivka in temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Balashivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Tor (weapon_system) Myrne (location) Bilohiria (location) Luhivske (location) Huliaipole direction (location) Vladyslav Voloshyn (person) Zaliznychne (location) Charivne (location) Nove Zaporizhzhia (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Tor air defense system (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Russian Federation (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Bilohirsk (location) Luhovske (location) Novyi Zaporizhzhia (location) Huliapole (location) 128th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade Wild Field (military_unit) Oleksandr Kurbatov (person) Russian Pacific Fleet Naval Infantry Brigade (military_unit) Varvarivka (location) Prylyuky (location) TOR anti-aircraft missile system (weapon_system) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

Ukrainian defense forces struck another Tor surface-to-air missile system near Balashivka in temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Ukrinform →

Fierce battles are currently ongoing for these settlements. Russian troops are attempting to storm the villages but have failed to establish control.

Kyiv Independent →

A woman died and eight people were injured in Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city and surrounding areas.

Kyiv Post →

Ukrainian units targeted several Russian air defense systems and command posts across Ukraine's Russian-occupied territories overnight on March 16.

UNIAN →

Russian forces continued intense assaults on Myrne, Bilohirsk and Luhovske settlements near Huliapole with 15-20 daily combat engagements

Censor.NET →

A fuel and lubricants depot in Melitopol was struck

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:40.581Z

Source story: 8025723