Ukrainian forces strike Russian drone operator training centre in Luhansk Oblast – video

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and the Security Service's Special Operations Centre Alpha have struck a UAV operator training centre in the city of Khrustalnyi in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast.

Source: press service of the Unmanned Systems Forces; Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, on Facebook

Details: The Unmanned Systems Forces carried out mid-range strikes on a cluster of Russian troops and logistics facilities.

Drone pilots from the 9th Kairos Battalion of the 414th Magyar's Birds Brigade struck a Russian deployment point – a UAV operator training centre – in Khrustalnyi, Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast, more than 90 km from the front line. The operation was carried out jointly with Special Operations Centre Alpha.

Brovdi said Russian personnel were inside the 2,600-sq-m training complex and a 5,700-sq-m building used as a temporary deployment point.

According to intelligence reports, artillery spotter UAV operators undergoing a full training course were at the training centre, as well as other UAV operators, instructors, and officers from the centre's command staff. The commander added that up to 30 light vehicles were at the site at the time.

Brovdi said Russia is covering up the number of personnel killed and wounded, but it is likely to be significant.

In addition, the 413th Raid Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment struck logistics depots belonging to a unit of Russia's 5th Army in temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast, and the 1st Separate Centre struck a command and observation post of a UAV unit.

The operations were carried out in coordination with the Deep Strike Centre, a Ukrainian unit responsible for long-range drone operations.

A video released today also shows confirmation footage from Russian sources of a strike carried out on the Kasta radar station on 4 May.

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