💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces conducted daily strikes on six to eight Russian drone control points, specifically targeting operators from the Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Systems, in the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps area of responsibility.

Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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Ukrainian forces are specifically targeting Russian drone operators, particularly from Russia’s elite Rubikon Center for Advanced Unmanned Systems units, in the corps’ AoR, striking six to eight of these drone control points every day.

A Russian attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia has damaged civilian infrastructure, including two high-rise residential buildings, an educational institution and a shopping centre.

Early reports indicate that one of the strikes hit the Intrade shopping centre.

Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council, reported that Russian forces attacked a high-rise building and a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia.

An overnight Russian strike on the southeastern front-line city of Zaporizhzhia hit a shopping mall and an educational institution.

According to the State Emergency Service (DSNS), Russia launched a massive attack on Zaporizhzhia early on Monday morning. Five people were injured in the attack, while emergency responders rescued five others and evacuated 14. Two nine-story residential buildings were damaged and caught fire, while a fire also broke out at a shopping center. Additionally, a building belonging to a higher education institution caught fire following the attack.

In the night of September 21, Russian occupiers attacked Zaporizhzhia with drones, resulting in 8 injured people and numerous destructions.

Drone operators from 237th Battalion of Airborne Forces destroyed two Russian ’Grad’ systems near Huliaipole.

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