Ukrainian forces hit Russian strike-drone launch site near Donetsk and a repair base, General Staff says
Ukraine's Defense Forces struck several important Russian military targets on 17 October and overnight into 18 October. They include a site for storing and launching strike drones in the Donetsk area, the General Staff reports.
Units of Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out strikes on a number of important Russian military facilities on 17 October and overnight into 18 October. The announcement came from the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, which regularly reports on hits behind Russian lines during Russia's full-scale invasion.
According to the General Staff, the strikes hit a site where Russian forces store and prepare strike drones and from which they launch them. The site is in the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine, where fighting is under way.
The headline of the report also mentions a repair base used by the occupying forces as a target. The available excerpt gives no further details about that facility.
What is known
The statement does not say how many drones or personnel were lost, what weapons were used, or how much damage was done. The material includes no comment from the Russian side and no independent confirmation, so the information rests on Ukraine's General Staff.
