On 8 July 2023, at around 9:55 a.m., during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the

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shelled the residential area in the center of

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with 9M55K-series Smerch

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. Lyman was at the time approximately 15 kilometers west of

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. The bombing killed 9 civilians, while 13 were wounded. It targeted the crossing of Nezalezhnosti and Dubonosa Streets, where locals were selling and trading vegetables grown in their gardens. It happened during Russia's failed military offensive towards Lyman. Due to the indiscriminate nature of these weapons used in densely populated areas, Human Rights Watch described these strikes as a possible war crime. France likewise described this attack on civilians as a war crime and condemned Russia for it.

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