Ukrainian forces destroy Russian drone operator training centre in Donetsk Oblast: 65 soldiers confirmed killed

Drone pilots from Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have struck a training centre for UAV operators of the Russian Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied settlement of Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast. The Russians lost at least 65 service members (killed), including the head of the centre, who goes by the alias Buryi.

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

Details: Drone operators from the 1st Separate Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out the attack on the Russian drone training centre on the night of 19-20 May. Ukrainian forces also struck units from the 78th Sever-Akhmat Special Purpose Regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, which is part of the 42nd Division of the Russian Armed Forces. [Akhmat Kadyrov is the deceased pro-Moscow Chechen president and father of the current Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov – ed.]

The operation was named "Snow for Akhmat" (Snizhne means "snowy" in Ukrainian) and involved 11 attack drones armed with 100kg warheads.

Quote: "We hit a training and production facility and temporary deployment point of the 78th Sever-Akhmat Motorised Special Purpose Regiment named after A.A. Kadyrov, operating as part of the 42nd Division of the worms' army. The main two-storey compound, covering 2,484 sq m, housed UAV and warhead assembly facilities and a floor where personnel were stationed. The stock of ammunition in the basement added unforgettable impressions for the worms who were at the site."

More details: Ukrainian forces have confirmed that the operation killed 65 Sever-Akhmat special forces cadets and the centre's head, known by the alias Buryi, a doctor of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences. Brovdi said Russia had three such academies in temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast and now has two left.

Background:

• It was reported earlier that drone operators from the 413th "Raid" Separate Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck facilities of the Russian BARS-Sarmat centre, one of the key developers of drones for the Russian forces, in temporarily occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
• In April, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces also struck a number of Russian air defence systems, Iskander operational-tactical missile system deployment areas, and a drone warehouse belonging to Rubiсon, Russia's most advanced unit of unmanned systems.

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