Kyiv's forces struck in the area of an aviation school that has previously been targeted by long-range Ukrainian fire.
Ukrainian forces appear to have launched their latest strike on occupied Russian areas overnight using U.S.-made ATACMS missiles, possibly to again target an aviation hub previously used as a repair center for Russian military equipment.Images and videos posted to social media early on Friday showed explosions followed by plumes of smoke rising over the occupied eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk.
social-media accounts geolocated the footage to the southeastern part of the city in the area of the Luhansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators.Russian state-run media reported that three ATACMS missiles were downed by air defenses but did not address reports of impacts. Images published by state media and shared on social media showed what appeared to be ATACMS debris on the ground close to the site of the reported explosions. Newsweek has not been able to verify these.
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