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Ukrainian Drone Forces Secure Fire Control Over Donetsk Airport
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Ukrainian forces have established effective fire control over the Donetsk International Airport, a strategic site currently held by Russian troops in the occupied territory.
The operation was spearheaded by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces, utilizing precision strikes to neutralize Russian military infrastructure within the facility, according to ArmyInform on June 4.
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The airport has served as a critical logistics hub and a primary launch site for Russian-deployed Shahed strike drones. By targeting the base, Ukrainian forces aim to dismantle the technical ecosystem that supports these long-range aerial attacks.
"Fire control of the airport by the 1st Separate Center is an example of an asymmetric operation, where purely small forces thwarted the operational-strategic plans of the enemy," stated an officer from the 1st Separate Center, Serhii Hordiienko, known by the call sign "Falco."
The mission focused on systematic destruction of the equipment necessary to maintain the airfield's operational status. The 1st Separate Center reported the successful destruction of engineering vehicles, fuel tankers, and essential logistics nodes.
"Our unit is systematically burning out the enemy's infrastructure, making the functioning of the airfield impossible… By hitting engineering equipment, fuel tankers, and logistics nodes, we are completely degrading the airfield ecosystem. The result of our work is liquidated Shahed launchers, destroyed construction cranes, enemy automotive equipment, and property warehouses," the statement from the unit added.
The 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces executed a precision strike on the night of March 28, successfully destroying mobile launchers that Russian forces were preparing to use for drone attacks.
The unit targeted these systems at the occupied Donetsk airport before the Shahed drones could take flight, effectively neutralizing the threat to Ukrainian cities.
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