Ukraine's General Staff reports Storm Shadow missile strike on Russian forces in Luhansk Oblast

- 25 May, 21:08
A Storm Shadow missile. Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Ukrainian Air Force used Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles on 25 May to destroy a Russian command and communications post in temporarily occupied Luhansk Oblast.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook

Quote: "On 25 May 2026, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles to successfully destroy an important enemy command and communications post in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast."

Details: The General Staff added that the strike "demonstrates strategic foresight, unity of planning and focused action, proving that no position of the Russian aggressor is safe on Ukrainian soil".

Background: Ukraine's defence forces struck the Belets oil depot in Russia's Bryansk Oblast on the night of 24-25 May, as well as ammunition depots, a logistics warehouse and Russian military command facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea and in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

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