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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Russian “Rubikon” Ammo Depot in Belgorod Region
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A Ukrainian drone struck an ammunition depot belonging to Russia’s “Rubikon” unit on Russian territory, according to analysts from the CyberBoroshno monitoring group on April 28.
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The depot was reportedly located inside a disused sugar factory in the settlement of Nova Tavolzhanka in Russia’s Belgorod region, near the border with Ukraine and the city of Vovchansk.
Footage released by the analysts appears to show a series of explosions at the site, with Russian soldiers seen taking cover in a basement as ammunition detonates.
This is not the first time Ukrainian forces have targeted infrastructure linked to the “Rubikon” unit.
Earlier, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces released footage of a strike on a logistics base associated with the secretive Russian drone technology center in the temporarily occupied town of Mangush in the Donetsk region. The attack, carried out overnight on April 17 by mid-range strike units, triggered explosions and large-scale fires at the site, according to a statement published on Telegram.
According to the SSO, “Rubikon” plays a key role in deploying most of Russia’s strike and reconnaissance drones used against Ukraine’s Defense Forces, excluding Shahed/Gheran-type UAVs.
The unit is known to operate a wide range of systems, including conventional and fiber-optic FPV drones, as well as strike platforms such as Molniya and Lancet drones, and reconnaissance UAVs like ZALA, Orlan, and SuperCam. It has also been linked to the use of maritime drones.
Additionally, units of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces have previously targeted multiple Russian military sites, including a storage facility for an Iskander missile system and a remote piloting position used by the “Rubikon” unit.
In the village of Pasichne in occupied Crimea, Ukrainian forces hit a site used to store an operational-tactical Iskander missile system, triggering powerful explosions. In a separate strike, a remote piloting post of the “Rubikon” unit was destroyed in the village of Vysoke in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
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