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On the morning of June 8th, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out an airstrike on the AFU positions in the town of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). The Ukrainian military positions were established in a local school. As a result of the strike, the building was destroyed. The number of casualties is yet to be revealed.
The target of the strike was the local school no.2. Ukrainian media traditionally accuse Russians of attacking civilian infrastructure. However, footage from the area confirms that the school has been turned into a Ukrainian military base. The photos released a few days ago showed tanks and military equipment at the school.
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The AFU military positions in the Kharkov region were also struck by Russian forces. Last night, the AFU military positions in the Vostorg shopping center in Kharkiv were destroyed.
Missile strikes on the aFU positions were also reported in the villages of Saltovka, Kholodka and the city center.
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According to the morning briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defence on June 8:
“High-precision air-launched missiles in the Kharkov area struck an armored plant, in the workshops of which the repair and restoration of tanks and other armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was carried out. In addition, high—precision air-launched missiles hit two control points, 13 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as a battery of multiple rocket launchers “Hurricane” in the Kharkiv region. In the districts of Malinovka (Kharkiv region), Spornoe (the Donetsk People’s Republic), Ivanovka (Luhansk People’s Republic) four warehouses with weapons and ammunition were destroyed. In the area of the settlement of Chuguev in the Kharkiv region the fuel storage for the AFU equipment was destroyed.”
