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Ukraine’s SBU Strikes Russia’s Dzhankoi Airbase and Drone Backbone in Occupied Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Security Service struck Russia’s Dzhankoi airbase, drone units, ammunition depots, and logistics facilities across temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, the SBU reported on July 8.
According to the agency, Alpha special forces units operating in the middle-strike zone carried out a coordinated series of attacks against priority Russian targets last week.
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The strikes were conducted as part of Ukraine’s 40-day operation to systematically reduce Russia’s military potential and force it to seek peace, as ordered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, SBU drones hit military infrastructure linked to the Dzhankoi airbase. The targets included relay systems used for Russian Orion strike and reconnaissance drones, as well as warehouses containing weapons and military equipment.
🔥 SBU strikes Dzhankoy airbase in Crimea, Russian unmanned systems units, and enemy warehouses in temporarily occupied territories
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▪️ Dzhankoy airbase, infrastructure of the Crimean port in Kerch, ammunition and fuel warehouses were hit.
▪️ A logistics hub of Russian troops… pic.twitter.com/UJC6swlfXs
The SBU also struck infrastructure at the Crimea port in Kerch and hit ammunition and fuel depots in Novohryhorivka and Chervone.
In Donetsk region, the SBU destroyed a Russian logistics hub near Pokrovsk that contained unmanned aerial vehicles, ground robotic systems, and ammunition. The facility had supported Russian logistics on that section of the front.
Ukraine’s Security Service also hit permanent deployment points for Russian drone unit pilots in Komysh-Zoria and Kamianka in Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian military warehouses were also destroyed in Hranitne and Styl in Donetsk region.
According to the SBU, the operations significantly disrupted parts of Russia’s logistics network and complicated the delivery of ammunition and fuel to frontline positions. The strikes also reportedly killed Russian drone pilots and members of the command staff of enemy unmanned and ground robotic systems units.
Previous SBU strikes during the operation included two strikes on the Saky military airfield in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
During the first one, SBU drones struck hangars containing Russian Su-30 and Su-30SM fighter jets. Second time, SBU drones hit hangars where Su-30, Su-30SM, and Su-24 aircraft were stored, damaging or destroying at least seven planes.
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