💥 Attack

Ukrainian drones struck the GRU's 'Zvezda' signals intelligence facility, which conducts global interception of satellite and military communications. The Governor of Stavropol Krai confirmed falling drone fragments in the area.

May 2, 2025 Stavropol Krai

Likely Reported by 2 independent sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War

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Entities

GRU (organization) Main Intelligence Directorate (organization) Zvezda facility (location) Vladimir Vladimirov (person) Zvezda military space intelligence facility (location) Russian General Staff Main Directorate (GRU) (organization)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones struck the GRU's 'Zvezda' signals intelligence facility, which conducts global interception of satellite and military communications. The Governor of Stavropol Krai confirmed falling drone fragments in the area.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian drones struck the Zvezda facility in Stavropol Krai

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.162Z

Source story: day-1163a-2025-05-05