Ukraine Hits Russian Drone Launch Site, Command Posts, and Black Sea Communications Relay

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian drone launch site, command posts, a Mesh-network relay, and military depots on October 7 and overnight into October 8.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the strikes on October 8, reporting attacks against several Russian military facilities.

"Work on key military targets of the Russian aggressors continues," the General Staff stated.

The reported targets included:

• a storage, preparation, and launch site for Russian strike drones near Donetsk;

• a Russian Mesh-network relay in the Black Sea;

• command posts near Prydorozhnie in the Luhansk region and Ocheretyne in the Donetsk region;

• a logistics depot near Ocheretyne;

• a Russian field artillery depot near Verkhnioosykove in the Donetsk region.

The General Staff noted that systematic strikes against drone infrastructure are intended to reduce Russia's ability to attack civilian infrastructure across Ukraine.

Ukraine's campaign against Russian drone and command infrastructure has also reached the occupied south and targets deep inside Russia.

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