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Drones hit occupied Ukraine's Svatove and Starobilsk (photos)

Drones hit occupied Ukraine's Svatove and Starobilsk (photos) Photo: Unknown drones attacked the temporarily occupied cities of Svatove and Starobilsk (t.me/Trikutnik_UA)
Author: Daryna Vialko

Unknown drones attacked the temporarily occupied towns of Svatove and Starobilsk in the Luhansk region on Tuesday, July 8, according to Roman Vlasenko, head of the Siverskodonetsk District Military Administration.

"Drone threat in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region. Reports indicate strikes in Starobilsk and Svatove," Vlasenko wrote.

В окупованих Сватовому та Старобільську "прильоти" дронів (фото)

Photo: Unknown drones attacked Svatove and Starobilsk (t.me/Trikutnik_UA)

He noted that the leader of the Lugansk People's Republic (LNR), Leonid Pasechnik, claimed that strikes hit the centers of Starobilsk, Bilovodsk, and Svatove.

Reports on social media suggest that the former building of the border guard service in Bilovodsk was damaged during the attack.

В окупованих Сватовому та Старобільську "прильоти" дронів (фото)

Photo: aftermath of the attack on Bilovodsk (t.me/Trikutnik_UA)

Strike on Donetsk

On June 30, explosions rocked the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk. Media outlets reported that the city was attacked by missiles.

Rumors quickly spread online suggesting that the headquarters of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces had been hit.

On July 1, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that a successful strike had damaged the command post of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.

Additionally, on July 7, Ukrainian forces struck a factory in the Moscow region where Russians manufacture warheads for Shahed kamikaze drones.