Ukraine destroys Russia's FSB headquarters in Kherson region, 100 Russian casualties reported
Photo: The SBU struck the headquarters of the Russian FSB and an enemy air defense system (Getty Images)
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the headquarters of the Russian FSB in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region. As a result, approximately 100 Russians were killed or wounded, according to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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The head of state reports that soldiers from the SBU’s Special Operations Center A struck the headquarters of Russian FSB agents and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 air defense system in Ukraine's temporarily occupied territory.
"Thanks to just this one operation, Russian losses amount to around a hundred occupiers killed and wounded," Zelenskyy emphasizes.
He stresses that they must feel that they have to end this war of theirs. The President adds that Ukrainian sanctions of medium and long range will continue to be effective.
There are good results from the warriors of the SSU Special Operations Center “A.” A Russian FSB headquarters has been struck, and a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system has been destroyed in our temporarily occupied territory. Thanks to just this one operation, Russian… pic.twitter.com/mSS7Shf1AI
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 21, 2026
Consequences of long-range sanctions
Earlier, Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that on the night of May 21, the Syzran Oil Refinery, located more than 800 km from the border, came under long-range attacks.
Russia recently passed a law effectively acknowledging that attacks by Ukrainian drones are one of the greatest threats to Russia’s economic interests in the Caspian Sea.
In addition, on the night of May 16–17, Russia suffered one of the largest drone attacks in recent times, with Moscow and the Moscow Region serving as the main targets.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that the Moscow Oil Refinery, the Solnechnogorsk oil depot, and a number of enterprises involved in the production of microelectronics for the enemy’s military-industrial complex were struck by the Ukrainian Defense Forces for the first time.
