Ukraine strikes Russian drone command posts and weapons depots
Photo: A Ukrainian soldier with a Leleka drone (Getty Images)
On September 18 and overnight into September 19, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck several important military facilities of Russian forces. The targets included UAV control posts, a training ground, and enemy warehouses, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops struck UAV control posts in the areas of Luhanske and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Enemy facilities near Volodymyrivka, Verbove, Novoprokopivka, Dobropillia, and Rivnopillia in the Zaporizhzhia region were also hit.
In the area of Novoprokopivka, two UAV control posts of Russian forces were hit at once.
Training ground and Russian warehouses hit
A separate target was the Vostochny training ground in the area of temporarily occupied Novopetrivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrainian troops also struck Russian supply facilities in the Donetsk region. A material and technical equipment warehouse was hit in Rybynske, while an enemy ammunition depot was struck near Amvrosiivka.
The General Staff also reported a confirmed result of a previous strike: the Russian 80P6 radar station in the area of the settlement of Mityuli in Russia's Smolensk region was hit. Its damage was recorded as a result of a strike on September 17.
Overnight into September 18, the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the ground control station for Orion reconnaissance-strike drones at the Saky airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to the General Staff, this strike significantly limited the ability of Russian forces to use such drones in the respective area.
Also, on September 16 and 17, the Defense Forces struck two launchers of the S-400 air defense system in the Bryansk region, a strike UAV launch facility in the area of Donetsk, and several Russian warehouses.
