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Ukraine strikes Russian military targets in occupied Donetsk Oblast following end of Victory Day ceasefire

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Ukraine strikes Russian military targets in occupied Donetsk Oblast following end of Victory Day ceasefire
A screenshot of a May 12 video showing attack on military targets inside Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast. (Robert "Madyar" Brovdi / Telegram)

Ukraine struck Russian military targets in occupied Donetsk Oblast on May 12 after the end of a three-day Victory Day ceasefire, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Telegram.

A PRV-16 Nadezhnost radio altimeter was "successfully destroyed" near the village of Huselske, according to Brovdi.

In the city of Donetsk, occupied by Russian forces since 2014, an ammunition and anti-tank weapons depot was also hit, while elsewhere in Donetsk Oblast a fuel depot, Russian anti-tank weapons, and a radar station were struck, Brovdi added.

"Post-ceasefire air defense operations continue. Unmanned Systems Forces aircraft are operating deep within enemy territory," Brovdi said.

Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova Plus reported explosions in Donetsk overnight on May 12.

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A May 12 video showing attack on military targets inside Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast.

The reported strikes came after renewed Russian attacks following the end of the three-day Victory Day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire from May 9 to May 11, which both countries confirmed.

During the ceasefire, there were no large-scale airstrikes, though the Ukrainian Air Force reported Russian drone launches and the firing of one Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea.

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Yuliia Taradiuk is a Ukrainian reporter at the Kyiv Independent. She has been working with Lutsk-based misto.media, telling stories of Ukrainian fighters for the "All are gone to the front" project. She has experience as a freelance culture reporter, and a background in urbanism and activism, working for multiple Ukrainian NGOs. Yuliia holds B.A. degree in English language and literature from Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, she studied in Germany and Lithuania.

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