💥 Attack

Ukrainian HIMARS precision-guided missiles struck a Russian tactical headquarters in Zaporizhzhia region, followed by FPV drone attacks targeting survivors.

Zaporizhzhia
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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HIMARS (weapon_system) FPV kamikaze drones (weapon_system) Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR) (organization) HUR (organization) Ukraine's defense intelligence (organization) ATACMS (weapon_system) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Russian tactical headquarters (military_unit) Taifun group (military_unit) Ukrainian security services (organization) artillery units (military_unit) Ukrainian southern command group Tavria (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) (military_unit) HUR's Active Operations Department (military_unit) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (military_unit) Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Tavria Group of Forces (military_unit) 190th Training Center (military_unit) SBU's Typhoon tactical group (military_unit) 4th Guards Military Base (military_unit) 1st Battalion of the 135th Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) 144th Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Captain Dmitry Nagorny (person) Captain Grigory Krokhmalyov (person) Captain Yury Fomin (person) Russian Navy (military_unit) 2 UAVs (weapon_system) MLRS (weapon_system) artillery (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) (organization) Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (organization) Shark drone (weapon_system) Ukrainian Security Service (organization) artillery unit (military_unit) 135th Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Russian army (military_unit) 237 UAVs (weapon_system) Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Russian Volunteer Corps (organization) Denis Kapustin (person) WhiteRex (person) Russia's invading forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukraine successfully hit a Russian combat unit's command center in Zaporizhzhia with HIMARS missiles, followed by FPV drone attacks

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Three Russian officers were eliminated in a precision strike operation in Zaporizhzhia region.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Five Russian vehicles were destroyed in the strikes.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The operation involved HUR, SBU, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Tavria Group of Forces.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine staged the death of Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, through a multi-stage special operation involving drone strikes on a minibus

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.853Z

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