Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes against Russian military facilities on November 4 and overnight into November 5, targeting a drone launch site in occupied Crimea, weapons storage facilities, and military support units in the temporarily occupied territories of eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s General Staff reported that the operations targeted infrastructure used by Russian forces to store, prepare, and launch attack drones, as well as ammunition depots, logistical facilities, and repair units.
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According to the Ukrainian military, one of the primary targets was a Russian facility used to store, prepare, and launch attack drones near Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Another strike targeted a Russian UAV storage depot near Melitopol in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces struck several facilities supporting Russian military operations, including an ammunition depot near Novoazovsk and a logistics warehouse near Prohres.
Ukrainian strikes also targeted Russian repair and recovery units near Talakivka, which provide maintenance and support for military equipment.
Meanwhile, in the Luhansk region, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian mobile fire group near Dontsivka. The General Staff also reported a strike in the area of Nyzhnia Duvanka, without specifying the type of facility targeted.
The latest operations follow a broader series of Ukrainian medium-range strikes against Russian military infrastructure throughout October 2026, which targeted air defense systems, drone facilities, command posts, and military supply networks.
On November 4, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense released a summary of those operations, detailing the number of Russian military assets and facilities struck during the previous month.
According to data compiled by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian troops targeted 19 Russian air defense, electronic warfare, and radar assets, along with 20 facilities supporting Russian attack drone operations.
The October strikes also included 27 command and observation posts and 47 depots used to store ammunition, fuel, and other military supplies, reflecting the range of Russian military infrastructure targeted by Ukrainian forces.
