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Ukraine Destroys Iskander Missile Depot and “Rubikon” Control Center in Temporary Occupied Territory
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Units of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces have struck Russian military infrastructure in occupied territories, destroying a storage site for an Iskander missile system and a remote piloting point of the “Rubikon” unit.
The Special Operations Forces reported on February 17 that the strikes were carried out using FP-2 drones against rear and operational facilities of Russian forces on temporarily occupied territory.
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In the village of Pasichne in the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian forces hit a storage site for an operational-tactical Iskander missile system. Powerful explosions were recorded at the impact site.
“A remote piloting post of the “Rubikon” unit was destroyed in the village of Vysoke in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region. Several drones reached their target,” the statement read.
According to the Special Operations Forces, between February 9 and 14 their units struck more than 10 Russian military facilities in occupied areas. These included troop concentration sites, ammunition depots, fuel and lubricant storage facilities, military vehicle parking areas, and other infrastructure.
In addition to the previously reported strikes, Ukraine’s Defense Forces targeted a key oil export facility in southern Russia and a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on February 15 that Ukrainian units struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal near the settlement of Volna in Russia’s Krasnodar region. A fire broke out at the site following the attack, with the extent of the damage still being clarified.
Separately, Ukrainian forces hit a Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile and gun system near the settlement of Kacha in occupied Crimea, according to the same statement.
The General Staff said the strikes were carried out “as part of consistent measures to reduce the offensive and economic potential of the Russian aggressor,” adding that Ukrainian units “continue to strike important military and strategic facilities of the enemy deep within its territory and in temporarily occupied territories.”
Earlier, a Russian soldier claiming to have served in the elite “Rubikon” drone unit of the Russian Armed Forces has reportedly defected to Ukraine, providing details about the unit’s organization and internal operations.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s intelligence-supported “I Want to Live” project, which released an interview on February 15, the serviceman—identified as Myroslav Simonov—voluntarily entered territory controlled by Ukraine and surrendered.
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