💥 Attack

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.

Avdiivka, Donetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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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.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck a base of storage, assembly and launch of Shahed-type UAVs at Donetsk airport on the evening of November 5

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Strike caused explosions and a powerful secondary detonation

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Operation involved missile and artillery units and the Unmanned Systems Forces

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

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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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.174Z

Source story: day-1352b-2025-11-08