Ukrainian forces strike Russian drone control and communications sites
Ukrainian military strikes Russian military targets in occupied territories (illustrative photo) (Photo: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces)
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck areas where Russian troops were concentrated, as well as a communications hub and a drone command post in occupied territories, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Feb. 16.
Overnight, Ukrainian forces struck a concentration of enemy personnel near the village of Kalynivka on temporarily occupied territory in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.
On Feb. 15, they hit an enemy communications hub near Novopavlivka on temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also struck a concentration of occupying troops near the settlement of Berezove on temporarily occupied territory in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In addition, the Defense Forces struck an enemy drone command post near the village of Zatyshok on temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk Oblast.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Russian losses and the scale of the damage are being assessed.
Earlier, the General Staff reported that the Defense Forces struck an oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar Oblast and a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile-and-gun system on temporarily occupied territory in Crimea.
Overnight into Feb. 13, Ukrainian forces struck a number of key Russian military targets on temporarily occupied territory. In particular, they hit a Nebo-U radar station, areas where drone operators and other personnel were concentrated, as well as a logistics warehouse.
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