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UAV event in Donetsk Oblast, Shakhtarsk area, Ukraine on Sun 31st May 2026

31st May 2026

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Over the past week, the Donbas Dome system and combined mobile fire groups have prevented 77 terrorist attacks by the enemy.

Ukrainian militants continue to target the Republic’s civilian population. Power stations, petrol stations, railway junctions, filtration plants and water pumping stations remain in their sights.

The enemy is attempting to strike key transport routes across the region, targeting civilian vehicles, scheduled buses, ambulances, and emergency and municipal service vehicles.

To counter what authorities describe as Ukrainian terrorism, the Donbas Dome system is being upgraded and the number of mobile fire groups is being increased.

📍 In the Makiivka urban district, the enemy attempted to strike a railway junction using an FP-2 fixed-wing attack drone armed with an FP-105 high-explosive fragmentation warhead containing a total of 50kg of explosives.

📍 Along a motorway near Shakhtarsk, Ukrainian militants targeted civilian vehicles with a Chaika attack drone carrying a high-explosive fragmentation payload.

📍 In Debaltseve, militants attempted to attack a railway junction using Hornet fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📍 Near residential areas of Yenakiieve, a Baba Yaga multirotor drone and a Darts fixed-wing UAV carrying high-explosive fragmentation charges with a combined explosive weight of 3kg were intercepted.

📍 In Horlivka, a Hornet attack drone that Ukrainian militants allegedly intended to use against a water pumping station was shot down. A Baton attack drone aimed at a municipal services vehicle depot was also neutralised, while FPV drones carrying improvised explosive devices were intercepted and suppressed.

The Donbas Dome system, operated by personnel from the regional directorate of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), together with combined mobile fire groups, intercepted the hostile drones. Explosive ordnance specialists subsequently rendered the suppressed UAVs safe and destroyed their payloads without causing damage to civilians or infrastructure.

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Donetsk Oblast ( Shakhtarsk area )

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