On April 21 and overnight into April 22, Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on Russian military targets. They hit a ship traffic control command post of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
Targets hit: operation details
According to the General Staff, Ukrainian forces struck the Black Sea Fleet command facility “Striletskyi.”
They also targeted:
- drone control centers in Russia’s Kursk region;
- the “Molniya” UAV control point in temporarily occupied Kharkiv region;
- a command post near the settlement of Vyazove in Belgorod region;
- command and observation posts near Zatyshne (Donetsk region) and Vysoke (Belgorod region);
- a place where the occupying forces gathered in the Grafske district of Donetsk region.
The General Staff said it is still verifying the scale of Russian losses.
“Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue to take measures to reduce the offensive potential of Russian occupiers,” the military stated.
Context
Ukraine has recently intensified strikes on Russia’s military and energy infrastructure. Earlier reports mentioned renewed hits on the Tuapse oil refinery and attacks on oil depots in occupied Crimea.
These strikes have disrupted Russia’s oil sector, complicating export operations. Russia has also halted oil deliveries from Kazakhstan to Germany.
Earlier, The Ukrainian Review reported that Russian authorities in Leningrad region have begun urgent mobilization of reservists to protect strategic facilities from drone attacks.
