How Ukraine killed 100 Russian soldiers in a firefight 80 kilometers behind the front line

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A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile attack killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in an occupied region 80 kilometers from the front line, according to OSINT and military analysts.

Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian military training area about 80 kilometers behind the front line in the occupied Lugansk region of eastern Ukraine, according to an assessment by the Institute for the Study of War.

According to two geolocated aerial videos posted Wednesday by user X Osinttechnical, an account affiliated with the Center for Naval Analyses, Ukraine appears to have hit the training area with three US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.

Osinttechnical said at least one of the missiles struck a gathering of more than 100 Russian soldiers, with hundreds of M74 APAM bombs falling on them.

Open-source geolocation project GeoConfirmed said four ATACMS were used in the attack, with the location being the village of Rohove in eastern Ukraine. One of his volunteers shared footage on X, saying the four shots happened in the space of a minute.

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Business Insider could not independently verify the details of the attack.

The reported attack comes after the US secretly sent about 100 Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, to Ukraine last month, according to The New York Times.

The US has previously sent shorter-range ATACMS to Ukraine, but the recently sent versions can reach 300 kilometers, making it possible for Ukraine to threaten higher-value targets.

A senior US official told the NY Times on condition of anonymity that Ukrainian soldiers had already used them to attack a Russian military airfield in Crimea in mid-April.

Ukraine said the strike targeted the Djnankoi military base in northern Crimea, destroying four S-400 launchers, three radar stations, air defense equipment and airspace surveillance equipment.