Ukraine’s SBU Strikes FSB Base Housing Around 100 Russian Personnel

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said on July 20 that its special operations forces struck a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) base in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, where around 100 Russian personnel were believed to be stationed.

According to the SBU, operators from the agency’s Alpha Special Operations Center used 13 drones to strike the facility, which was located within a local resort complex. The attack triggered a large fire, the agency said.

According to the SBU, the compound functioned as both an FSB coordination center and a deployment site for Russian personnel operating in the temporarily occupied region.

Ukrainian intelligence assessed that approximately 100 Russian servicemen may have been at the facility when the strike occurred. The agency also said the site contained more than 70 vehicles and was protected by armed guards, checkpoints, engineering fortifications, and underground shelters.

The SBU said all 13 drones launched during the operation hit the target area, resulting in a large fire across the complex. In a statement, the agency said the operation forms part of Ukraine’s broader campaign aimed at reducing Russia’s military capabilities.

“Such special operations inflict significant losses on the enemy in the temporarily occupied territories, disrupt command and coordination systems, force Russia to redeploy additional personnel to protect its own facilities, and significantly complicate the logistics and support of FSB units,” the SBU said.

The agency did not provide casualty figures, and the reported number of Russian personnel at the site has not been independently verified.

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The SBU linked the strike to the 40-day campaign announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 25, which aims to increase pressure on Russia’s military and economic infrastructure.

The latest strike follows a series of long-range SBU operations targeting Russian military and logistics infrastructure. On July 13, the agency reported hitting two Mangust-class patrol boats, ferries in the Kerch Strait, radar systems, fuel storage facilities, and railway fuel infrastructure across temporarily occupied Crimea and southern Russia as part of a campaign to degrade Russia’s military and economic capabilities.

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