Ukraine cripples Russian drone operations and logistics in Pokrovsk sector - video

"Defense Forces in the 7th Corps' zone of responsibility are focused on reducing Russia's offensive potential," the military explained.

"Among our priorities is the total destruction of the occupiers' logistics and communications."

These systems have primarily provided troop coordination for the Russian army following the disconnection of Starlink.

Since the beginning of June alone, Ukrainian troops have struck and destroyed nearly 450 enemy antennas and over 120 UAV pilot launch points within the Corps' zone of responsibility.

Due to the damage to their antenna network, Russian troops have begun to experience intermittent communication losses. This is already affecting their operations: the occupiers are launching drones less frequently, facing problems with unit management, conducting offensive actions more slowly, and encountering supply and logistics disruptions.

On June 6, Defense Forces launched an airstrike on a Russian drone launch point in the center of Pokrovsk, complicating the operation of enemy UAVs.

On May 4, the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces announced that it took Donetsk airport under fire control. They noted that this was the first operation of its kind in modern history.

At that same time, the 28th Mechanized Brigade reported that pilots from the Spalah UAV unit had taken temporarily occupied Horlivka in Donetsk Oblast under fire control.

In April, the 1st Azov Corps of the National Guard reported that strike drone pilots were controlling Russian logistics routes near temporarily occupied Donetsk. In particular, active operations by Ukrainian UAVs are taking place in Zuhres, Andriivka, Starobesheve, Horlivka, Lysychansk, and on the Donetsk bypass road.