A Russian glide bomb struck a church in Slovyansk.
Date note: The report (dated Oct 1) references the attack as happening 'on Wednesday', which corresponds to Sept 23, 2026.
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A church in Slovyansk got hit by a Russian glide bomb on Wednesday.
ISW began to observe claims on September 23 suggesting that Ukrainian forces may have crossed the Siverskyi Donets River, and that Ukrainian advances across the river aim to disrupt Russian attempts to assault Slovyansk from the east from the Mykolaivka area.
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Аналитики привели слова украинского военного обозревателя Константина Машовца о том, что ВСУ удерживают свои позиции возле Доброполья.
Russian troops attacked the settlement of Oleksandrivka in Donetsk Oblast’s Kramatorsk district with aerial bombs on September 23.
The attack damaged 12 apartment buildings, 42 private homes, an administrative building, a kindergarten, a shop and seven cars.
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