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Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Berdyansk area, Ukraine on Tue 17th October 2023

17th October 2023

The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The nozzle end of a spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
An M74 anti-personnel/anti-matériel (APAM) submunition
An M74 anti-personnel/anti-matériel (APAM) submunition
A partially-detonated M74 anti-personnel/anti-matériel (APAM) submunition
The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I
The nozzle end of a spent rocket motor from an MGM-140A close-range ballistic missile (CRBM), also known as the M39 and ATACMS Block I

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 Special Operations Forces reported a successful strike on airfields in occupied #Berdiansk and #Luhansk on the night of October 17. 

As a result of the DRAGONFLY operation, nine helicopters, special equipment at the airfields, an air defense launcher, an ammunition depot were destroyed and the airfield runways were damaged.

The ammunition depot in #Berdiansk detonated by 4 am. Detonation in #Luhansk lasted until 11 am. 

The Russian losses in manpower amount to dozens of dead and wounded. Bodies are still being removed from the rubble.

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Ukraine (UKR)

Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( Berdyansk area )

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