The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Shahed drone depot in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia launches Iranian-made Shahed drones against Ukraine almost every day. The destruction of the base in Krasnodar Krai will significantly reduce the Russian ability to terrorize civilians in Ukrainian cities and villages.
“Today, a strike group of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine, attacked a Shahed drone depot near the village of Oktyabrsky in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai,” the statement of the Ukrainian Army said.
According to available information, around 400 strike drones were stored at the base. Control results confirmed a direct strike on the depot, with secondary detonations observed at the facility.
On 9 October, Russian forces launched a series of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, targeting multiple oblasts. Ukrainian air defense downed 21 out of 22 Russian drones over Odesa, Vinnytsia, and Kyiv oblasts.
Russian drone attack in the Odesa district injured five people. Three of them were hospitalized. The attack also damaged a nine-story building and a medical facility, while an unfinished construction site caught fire. Russians attacked Odesa with attack drones for the third night in a row.
Green_moist_Sponge on October 10th, 2024 at 06:30 UTC »
This article omits a very important fact about this strike.
Ukrainian general staff reported that this strike was carried out using the R-360 “Neptun” cruise missile. This is a new variant of the infamous anti ship missile used to sink the Moskva, which was announced a few months ago to be used for land attack.
As far as I’m aware, only one other strike using this new variant has been reported, and that was back in august. It’s safe to say that the development of Ukraines new long range missile is going smoothly!
scratchydaitchy on October 9th, 2024 at 20:20 UTC »
The drones were Iranian made.
The cost of a single shaheed 136 drone is estimated between $20,000 and $50,000.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-02-21/ty-article-magazine/gold-for-drones-massive-leak-reveals-the-iranian-shahed-project-in-russia/0000018d-bb85-dd5e-a59d-ffb729890000
The destroyed depot reportedly stored 400 drones.
Ukraine destroyed between $8 million and $20 million in Russian military assets, in addition to eliminating future threats.
Not bad.
grayfox0430 on October 9th, 2024 at 20:16 UTC »
400 less drones to terrorize Ukraine with