Key facts
- The 412th Brigade of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces said the Donetsk airport strike was a middle-strike operation.
- The brigade said the aim is fewer enemy drones over Ukrainian cities, by destroying launch infrastructure.
- The brigade said the airport has been occupied by Russia and its proxies since 2014.
- Ukraine's General Staff said the Morozov plant near St. Petersburg produces fuel for Iskander ballistic missiles.
- Governor Yuri Slyusar reported that the November 8 strikes in Rostov Oblast caused traffic closures and blackouts.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian drone port at the occupied Donetsk airport, the 412th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces wrote on November 10. The brigade described the action as a middle-strike operation and said the airport has been occupied by Russia and its proxies since 2014.
"There should be fewer enemy drones over Ukrainian cities. That's why we are not only intercepting drones that have already been launched, but also destroying the infrastructure from which they are launched," the brigade wrote.
The report also described two earlier Ukrainian strikes. Overnight on November 9, Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Morozov plant near St. Petersburg, which produces fuel for Iskander ballistic missiles, damaging three production workshops "at once," Ukraine's General Staff reported. "Each such strike makes it more difficult for the enemy to produce missiles for the 'Iskander' systems, which it uses to strike our cities," the General Staff said.
On November 8, Ukrainian drone strikes damaged a bridge and energy facilities in Russia's Rostov Oblast, causing traffic closures and blackouts, regional Governor Yuri Slyusar reported. The account of the Donetsk strike rests on the brigade's own statement, and no independent assessment of the damage at the airport was reported.