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UAV event in Starovarvarivka area, Ukraine on Thu 20th August 2026

20th August 2026

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In the early hours of 20 August, Russian forces struck Kramatorsk with an FPV drone, damaging a private house. There are no reports of injuries, according to the Donetsk Regional Police.

Russian forces attacked Druzhkivka with FPV drones over the past 24 hours; as a result of a strike by a ‘Molniya-2’ UAV in Bilenke, a private home was damaged, and in Starovarvarivka, a civilian vehicle was damaged.

In the village of Myrna Dolyna, a piece of infrastructure was damaged.

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