Ukrainian forces strike storage facility of Russian Shahed drones in Oryol region
Illustrative photo: Defense forces hit a Shaheddist storage facility in the Orel region (Getty Images)
Ukrainian forces hit the Shahed drone storage facility in the Oryol region of Russia. There are losses among the military, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the ASTRA Telegram channel.
“On December 26, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with other components of the Defense Forces, struck a protected facility of the Russian Armed Forces in the Oryol region,” the General Staff said.
The fire destroyed a storage, maintenance, and repair warehouse for Shahed kamikaze drones - a number of concrete-protected structures.
“This combat operation has greatly reduced the enemy's potential to conduct air raids with strike UAVs on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine,” the General Staff added.
Russian losses
Information about the damage to this warehouse has already leaked to Russian Telegram channels.
“The missiles hit a military facility of the Russian Defense Ministry between the village of Tsymbulova and the village of Rudnevo in the Bolkhov district,” ASTRA found out.
7 servicemen were injured and hospitalized in the central district hospital, and 2 more were killed.
According to ASTRA, the attack was allegedly carried out by at least three Storm Shadow missiles. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not specify the type of weapons used during the attack on the facility.
Attacks on the Oryol region
This is not the first time Ukraine attacked the Oryol region (Russia). For example, on the night of December 13-14, explosions rocked Oryol. Russians claimed an attempted attack on an oil depot.
On the night of December 22, unknown drones attacked the Oryol region. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at an oil depot in the region. This enterprise is an important logistics facility for Russia.
