Elements of the Russian 673rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion of the 144th Motorized Rifle Brigade were reported operating in the Lyman direction.
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Elements of the Russian 673rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion of the 144th Motorized Rifle Brigade are operating in the Lyman direction.
RIA Novosti claims that the Halaktyka shopping centre in Donetsk has burned down following an attack by Ukrainian drones.
RIA Novosti claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used foreign-made drones.
Russian forces attacked the city with a drone, hitting the post office building.
Russian drones struck an enterprise in the city center of Kramatorsk.
Ukrainian forces advanced on key directions in the Donbas region.
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