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Ukrainian forces conducted HIMARS strike against Russian 4th Military Base leadership meeting in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing three Russian officers.

Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 7 sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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HIMARS (weapon_system) Russian 4th Military Base (military_unit) Dmitriy Nagorny (person) Grigoriy Krokhmalyov (person) Yuriy Fomin (person) 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) 135th Motor Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Dmitry Nagorny (person) Grigory Krokhmalyov (person) Yury Fomin (person) Russian army (military_unit) 237 UAVs (weapon_system) MLRS (weapon_system) artillery (weapon_system) Russia's invading forces (military_unit) Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Russian Volunteer Corps (organization) Denis Kapustin (person) WhiteRex (person) Unmanned Systems Forces (organization) Nagorny Dmitry Olegovich (person) 135th motorized rifle regiment (military_unit) Krokhmalov Grigory Aleksandrovich (person) Fomin Yuri Viktorovich (person) Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) (organization) FPV kamikaze drones (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) (organization) HUR (organization) Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (organization) ATACMS (weapon_system) Shark drone (weapon_system) Russian tactical headquarters (military_unit) Taifun group (military_unit) Ukrainian Security Service (organization) artillery unit (military_unit) Ukrainian southern command group Tavria (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian officers (person) Zaporizhzhia Oblast (location) Ukrainian strike drones (weapon_system) Russian evacuation group (military_unit) Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence (organization) Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces (organization) Russian occupation forces (organization) 412th NEMESIS Regiment (military_unit) TOR-M2 SAMS (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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HIMARS strike killed three Russian officers in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Three senior Russian officers killed in HIMARS and drone strike in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces launched a HIMARS precision strike on Russian officers holding a field meeting near Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Soldiers of the 412th NEMESIS Regiment destroyed an enemy TOR-M2 SAMS near Zelenopil, Zaporizhzhia region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

The cost of the new SAMS is about $25 million.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.876Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-27-2024