Ukraine Hits Russian Shahed Launch Site, Early-Warning Radar, and Drone Relays Across Crimea

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian site used to store, prepare, and launch Shahed-type attack drones in temporarily occupied Crimea, while also targeting an early-warning radar and drone-control infrastructure elsewhere on the peninsula, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on August 7.

The drone facility was hit near Hvardiiske in Crimea’s Simferopol district.

Residents reported aerial activity over the area between 3:30 and 3:39 am., followed by another wave between 4:34 and 4:47 am.

A large fire erupted at the military facility after the strikes. Preliminary reports suggested that a fuel and lubricant storage facility may also have been hit.

Witnesses reported secondary detonations, including what appeared to be small-arms ammunition exploding following the initial strikes.

NASA FIRMS satellite data subsequently detected two separate fire hotspots around the Hvardiiske airfield.

Ukraine’s General Staff later provided a broader picture of the overnight operation, confirming that the site used for the storage, preparation, and launch of Russian strike UAVs near Hvardiiske had been targeted.

Ukrainian forces also struck a Russian early-warning radar station near Olenivka in western Crimea.

In the same area, the General Staff reported strikes on two ground-based relay stations used to control Geran and Gerbera attack drones. Ukraine had previously announced attacks against those relay systems.

The relay stations are part of the infrastructure supporting Russian long-range drone operations, helping maintain communications and control links for UAVs operating over extended distances.

Earlier, Ukrainian military intelligence tracked down and struck a Russian Murmansk-BN electronic warfare station near Cape Fiolent in temporarily occupied Crimea.

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