Ukrainian forces strike Russian command sites near Pokrovsk in Donetsk region
Armed Forces of Ukraine (photo: mil.gov.ua)
Ukrainian forces struck several facilities of Russian forces in the Donetsk region. The attack took place in the area of the city of Selydove, located near Pokrovsk, and hit important elements of the enemy command system, the press service of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of Air Assault Forces reports.
Where the strike occurred
According to the military, a hit was recorded in the city of Selydove of the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region. Settlement is located more than 20 kilometers from the frontline and about 15 kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk.
Units of the 7th Corps of Air Assault Forces and fighters of the 412th Nemesis Brigade of Unmanned Systems Forces were involved in the operation. As a result of the strike, the hit of three important objects of Russian troops was confirmed.
Which objects were hit
According to the Ukrainian military, among the targets hit was a temporary deployment point of a drone unit.
Preliminary evidence established that it operated in the interests of the 76th Air Assault Division of the Russian army.
Russian soldiers were also in the building, using it as shelter.
Command post of the Zeus detachment of the 8th Separate UAV Battalion of Russia's 2nd Combined Arms Army, where Russian soldiers were located, also came under strike.
Strike on the battalion command post
In addition, the temporary deployment point and command post of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 30th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade were hit.
According to available information, soldiers and officers of the battalion command were located in the territory of the local hotel complex.
At present, information about enemy losses is being clarified.
"Destruction of these objects significantly weakens the coordination of enemy unmanned systems units and the command of enemy troops in Pokrovsk agglomeration," the military emphasized.
Ukrainian strike near Pokrovsk: Russian drone units and command posts hit in Donetsk region pic.twitter.com/xMA990xxG0
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The Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out many successful strikes on military infrastructure facilities of Russian forces in the territory of Crimea, as well as in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, in the area of Cape Fiolent at the position of the division of the 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, an important radar station, which is part of the peninsula's air defense system, was hit.
