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Ukraine Hits Russian Command Centers and Ammo Depots in Coordinated Multi-Region Strikes

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Ukrainian soldier from the “Taifun” UAV unit holds a ‘Marsianin’ attack drone in Kharkiv region, April 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldier from the “Taifun” UAV unit holds a ‘Marsianin’ attack drone in Kharkiv region, April 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)

Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes against Russian military infrastructure across temporarily occupied territories and inside Russia between April 24 and early April 25, targeting command posts, ammunition depots, and drone control centers.

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According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 25, the strikes were conducted against a range of operational and logistical targets used by Russian forces.

The General Staff reported that Ukrainian units hit a Russian ammunition depot near Bilolutsk in the Luhansk region, as well as logistics warehouses in Boikivske in the Donetsk region and in Novovasylivka and Huliaipole in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Command and observation posts were also targeted in Sviatotroitske (Zaporizhzhia region), Novopetrykivka (Donetsk region), Lysychansk (Luhansk region), and Tyotkino in Russia’s Kursk region.

Fire detected in Lysychansk overnight on April 25, 2026. (Source: NASA FIRMS)
Fire detected in Lysychansk overnight on April 25, 2026. (Source: NASA FIRMS)

In addition, Ukrainian forces struck Russian drone control points near Huliaipole and Zaliznychne in the Zaporizhzhia region. Areas of concentrated Russian personnel were also targeted near Sopich in the Sumy region, Solontsi in the Luhansk region, and Rodynske and Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, among other locations.

According to the General Staff, assessments of Russian losses and the extent of damage are ongoing.

Satellite-based fire monitoring data from NASA FIRMS detected a significant fire in Lysychansk overnight on April 25, indicating possible damage at one of the targeted sites. Separate monitoring channels also reported a large fire in occupied Luhansk following drone activity, although the exact target has not been confirmed.

Earlier, on April 21–22, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a key Russian naval traffic control center in occupied Sevastopol, along with multiple command posts and drone control sites in Crimea and Russia’s border regions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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