Kyiv strikes key Russian missile depot amid drone assault
Successful attack by Kyiv. Overnight, the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed a warehouse of thermobaric missiles belonging to Russia. The explosion occurred in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region.
The attack was confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Powerful explosion in the Russian warehouse
"Moreover, attacks were carried out on three other key Russian occupier sites. Among them was the Ilsky refinery in the Krasnodar Krai (Russia), which supplies the Russian occupation army. The results of the attack are currently being verified," reads the statement.
Russians launched over 200 drones
In response, Russian forces conducted a night attack on Ukraine using 208 drones, of which 107 were shot down, the Air Forces reported on Friday. The transmission system operator Ukrenerho introduced emergency power shutdowns in some regions of the country due to the Russian attack.
"The adversary attacked with 208 Shahed unmanned combat drones and various types of decoy drones from the directions of Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Russian Federation," the Air Forces reported on Telegram.
The downing of 107 Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles and other types of drones was confirmed in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions.
As a result of using electronic warfare measures, 97 Russian drones were neutralized. The assault by the enemy affected the Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhia regions.
