The Ukrainian military has taken control of Donetsk Airport, which the occupiers have turned into a military-logistics hub and a key launch site for the Shahed missiles. This was reported by Channel 24 on Thursday, June 4, by the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The PromPolitInform portal informs.
What are the results of the SBS operation?
The military noted that this is the first operation of this type in modern history, and its purpose is to systematically burn down enemy infrastructure and make the operation of the airfield impossible.
“Our strike drone operators are destroying launchers, transport vehicles and eliminating the crews directly on the runway,” the report says.
In parallel, the fighters are hunting for mobile fire groups and air defense assets of the occupiers – this forces the enemy to cancel flights.
In addition, drones are hitting engineering equipment, fuel tankers and logistics hubs. According to the SBS, this is a complete degradation of the airfield ecosystem.
“The result of our work is the liquidation of the Shahed installations, the destruction of construction cranes, enemy vehicles and warehouses of property,” the military added.
As stated by Serafim “Falco” Gordienko, an officer of the 1st separate SBS center, fire control of the Donetsk airport became an example of an asymmetric operation in which the enemy’s operational and strategic plans were disrupted by exceptionally small forces.
According to the unit, now the Donetsk airport has actually turned into a trap for the enemy, and there is no safe rear for the occupiers.
Defense Forces Continue to Cause Enemy Losses
On the night of June 3 and 4, the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted considerable damage on the Russian occupiers. In particular, the military fired on the Project 10410 border patrol ship “Svetlyak”. At the time of the attack, it was in the waters of the Sea of Azov.
Also under the sights were the area of concentration of weapons and military equipment of the occupiers near Novoyehorivka, in the Kharkiv region, and the enemy’s command post in the Ocheretyne area in the Donetsk region.
In addition, Ukrainian forces successfully struck the territory of the Elastic gunpowder plant in the Ryazan region. After the attack, a fire broke out at the facility, covering an area of over 400 square meters.
