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Ukrainian forces struck multiple targets in occupied Luhansk Oblast including deployment points of the Russian 3rd Combined Arms Army near Shulhynka and Bilovodsk, command posts, a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun near Lozivskyi, and a fuel tanker near Novosimeikine.

Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast
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Ukrainian forces struck multiple targets in occupied Luhansk Oblast including deployment points of Russian 3rd CAA

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones targeted the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant, a critical facility for Russia's tank and artillery production, causing a total halt in operations

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast for the second time in one month, halting production at the site

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Defense Forces struck railway fuel trains during the night of April 4

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

One of the key industrial facilities used by occupants to support their military production. Products supplied to Russian Uralvagonzavod where T-90M Proryv tanks and Msta-S howitzers are manufactured.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

After identifying the location of critical production facilities, FP-2 drones were used to strike them. Blast furnaces, key production shops, distillation columns, gas pipelines and electrical substations were damaged.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Due to the damage, the plant stopped working.

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Extracted: 2026-04-05T19:17:24.041Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-4-2026