Ukrainian forces conducted a mixed missile-drone strike using Storm Shadows and FP-2 drones to destroy a major warehouse containing hundreds of Shahed drones, launch ramps, fuel, and warheads near Donetsk airport in occupied Avdiivka.
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Ukrainian forces conducted a mixed missile-drone strike using Storm Shadows and FP-2 drones to destroy a major warehouse containing hundreds of Shahed drones, launch ramps, fuel, and warheads near Donetsk airport in occupied Avdiivka.
Ukrainian forces struck a base of storage, assembly and launch of Shahed-type UAVs at Donetsk airport on the evening of November 5
Strike caused explosions and a powerful secondary detonation
Operation involved missile and artillery units and the Unmanned Systems Forces
Strike was the result of a painstaking months-long reconnaissance operation
Russian forces conducted an at least platoon-sized mechanized assault near Myrnohrad at dawn on November 5 and Ukrainian forces destroyed three vehicles.
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