Operators from the 1st Separate Center, working jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and coordinated by the Deep Strike Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces, reportedly struck a facility used for pilot training as well as the production of munitions and drone components.
Ukrainian drones targeted production and repair facilities where four Tigr armored vehicles were undergoing maintenance. According to Ukrainian sources, all of the vehicles were destroyed in the attack.
“UAS Forces drones destroyed a training hub for enemy pilots and 65 special operations cadets from the 78th Sever-Akhmat Special Purpose Regiment, located at a center affiliated with the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences in the settlement of Snizhne, in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region,” said Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.
According to representatives of the Unmanned Systems Forces, the head of the training facility – a lieutenant colonel known by the callsign “Buryi” – was reportedly killed during the strike. Total irreversible personnel losses on the opposing side are estimated at no fewer than 65 people. In addition to equipment and personnel, the attack reportedly destroyed ammunition stockpiles and components used in the production of unmanned systems.
Representatives of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces stated that strikes on facilities of this type significantly reduce the enemy’s ability to train drone crews, repair armored vehicles, and support units operating in combat zones. Robert Brovdi also added that “three such training centers affiliated with the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences had been deployed in the temporarily occupied territories. Two remain. For now.”
In addition, Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces reported a strike on the Lukoil Nizhny Novgorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery. The operation was carried out by operators from the 1st Separate Center and the 413th Separate Regiment “Raid,” in coordination with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The refinery is located in the city of Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region and is considered one of the largest in the country, with a processing capacity of up to 17 million tons per year. The facility is among the key producers of gasoline in the domestic fuel market.
The plant produces more than 50 types of petroleum products, including automotive, aviation, and diesel fuel, as well as petroleum bitumen, paraffins, liquefied gases, and propylene for the petrochemical industry. As a result of the strike carried out within the DeepStrike operation, explosions were reported on the plant’s premises, followed by a fire. Open-source data suggests that the target was the ELOU-AVT-6 processing unit, which accounts for more than half of the refinery’s primary refining capacity.
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