KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck three Russian drone control posts on Nov. 10 and during the night of Nov. 11, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a post on X. The posts were in the areas of Tokmak and Prymirne, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Pokrovsk, in Donetsk Oblast.
The General Staff said its units focused the strikes on what it called the “brains” of the Russian army — the posts from which Russian forces control their drones and units. The drone control posts were one of the day’s priorities, it said.
From those posts, the General Staff said, Russian operators direct strike drones not only at Ukrainian positions, equipment and logistics, but also at civilians in frontline communities, hunting cars, buses, ambulances and people who have simply stepped outside. Every control post destroyed means fewer drones over Ukrainian soldiers’ heads and less Russian terror for residents of frontline towns and villages, it said.
Depot and Command Posts Also Hit
The stocks that supply the control posts were also targeted. In the Zalyman area of Luhansk Oblast, a Russian drone depot was struck, the General Staff said, so some Russian drones never took to the air.
Russian forces also lost the ability to control the battle undisturbed in some areas, according to the post. In Donetsk Oblast, a Russian command post was hit in the Myrnohrad area. In Kharkiv Oblast, near Vovchansk, a command and observation post of a Russian army unit was struck.
Operations against Russia’s key military targets will continue until Russia completely ceases its armed aggression against Ukraine, the General Staff said. Virginia Times has previously reported Ukrainian strikes on Russian drone and ammunition depots and on Russian oil sites. The claims in the post could not be independently verified.