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General Staff updates damage from strike on Russian space communications center

Wed, July 01, 2026 - 21:15
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What did the additional analysis of the consequences of the strike on a Russian military facility show?
General Staff updates damage from strike on Russian space communications center Photo: a Ukrainian serviceman with a drone during a combat mission (facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua)

The strike on a strategic military facility near Moscow turned out to be more extensive than previously reported. The new findings were confirmed after analyzing the data obtained, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the General Staff, following an additional analysis, it has been confirmed that the Space Communications Center of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Beloomut in the Moscow region was hit. The strike on the facility was carried out on June 26.

According to the military, this center is the most modernized and most powerful communications node of the Russian army in the central region of the country.

As a result of the strike, Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit the main technical building of the complex, large antennas, and a tower with parabolic antennas. Part of the antenna equipment was destroyed, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

General Staff updates damage from strike on Russian space communications center

Photo: The strike on a strategic military facility near Moscow (https://t.me/RBC_ua_news/196510)

What is known about the attacks on Dubna

A day earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed a second strike on the Russian Space Communications Center Dubna.

The facility, located more than 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, is used by Russia for satellite communications, intelligence, and coordination of its military operations.

The first report about a strike on this complex was issued on June 22 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At that time, the military reported damage to a 32-meter Mark-IV antenna and the technical building of the center.

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