Ukrainian Air Forces struck a storage and repair base of Russian Shaheed drones in eastern Donetsk region in an operation launched with ATACMS and SCALP missiles, the press service of the General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Saturday.
The operation was carried out by units of the Rocket Forces and Artillery of the Ground Forces in conjunction with the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Visuals shared by the Ukrainian military shows fire and secondary detonations in the site of the attack. It should be noted that ATACMS and SCALP have been used by Ukraine to strike high-value Russian targets far behind the front line. ATACMS is a US-produced short-range ballistic missile and SCALP is an air-launched long-range cruise missile produced in France.
In addition to the UAV depot, Ukrainian troops also struck other strategic facilities in occupied pats of Ukraine. Specifically, a Russian UAV control site located near Dibrova in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region was struck. Another successful hit targeted a command and observation post in the vicinity of Kruglyakivka in the occupied part of the Kharkiv region.
Additional attacks focused on enemy artillery positions. These were reported in the areas of Tavilzhanky in the occupied Kharkiv region, as well as near Voskresenka and Novopavlivka in the occupied Donetsk region.
The strikes also targeted concentrations of Russian personnel. These were located near Novohryhorivka and Zaliznychne in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, near Torske in the Donetsk region, and around the settlement of Sopych in Ukraine’s Sumy region.
Authorities noted that the full scale of the damage and the number of enemy casualties are still being assessed.
The General Staff explained that the systematic strikes on Russian UAV control points, artillery installations, manpower are aimed at undermining the Kremlin’s ability to command units, conduct fire and plan offensive actions.
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