Russian military strikes Ukrainian general staff building

Moscow says it has targeted a drone command and control center in Kiev

The Russian military has conducted strikes on a drone command and control center of the Ukrainian General Staff, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced.

The ministry mentioned the strike in its weekly briefing on Friday. Apart from the command center in Kiev, the Russian military also targeted Ukrainian drone manufacturing sites and UAV stockpiles, it said.

The Defense Ministry did not specify when the strike took place, as the center was apparently subjected to multiple attacks over the week. On Tuesday, the Russian military also mentioned the facility in its daily briefing.

Images shared by former Ukrainian MP Igor Mosiychuk on Wednesday purport to show a large hole in the roof of a General Staff building. It only sustained limited damage as the munition failed to explode, Mosiychuk claimed, citing military sources.

Separately, the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian General Staff’s UAV command center was targeted by Geran-2 kamikaze drones in two waves. The Chechen leader described the strike as “additional,” stating that it turned out to be very effective, with at least nine Ukrainian servicemen killed and 17 others injured.

Kadyrov also said the strikes on the drone command and control center were in retaliation for an attack against the Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya early this week. He initially said it only inflicted material damage on an empty building, but later claimed that a number of Ukrainian POWs kept at the facility were killed in the strike.

https://www.rt.com/russia/606871-ukrainian-general-staff-strike/

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Chechen leader vows vengeance Ukraine ‘never dreamed of’

A drone has reportedly attacked the Russian Special Forces University (RUS) in Chechnya

Chechen units fighting against Kiev’s troops on the front lines will now redouble their efforts, the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, told journalists in the wake of a reported Ukrainian drone strike on a military training center in the region.

Those behind the attack will face retaliation they had “never dreamed of,” Kadyrov warned.

Tuesday morning marked the first time a Ukrainian drone reportedly struck a target in the southern Russian region. Kadyrov announced that an unmanned aerial vehicle had hit the Russian Special Forces University (RUS) in Chechnya, setting the facility’s roof on fire. No casualties or injuries resulted and the fire was quickly extinguished, he said.

The RUS was founded in 2013 on the personal initiative of Kadyrov, and is the first and only private educational institution in the country to provide special forces training. It also offers courses in weapons handling, first aid, assault mountaineering, combat diving, martial arts, and parachuting, as well as training for bodyguards and military journalists.

Kadyrov insisted that the Chechen Republic would not allow the incident to go unpunished. “They’ve bitten us, we’ll destroy them,” he told journalists in the wake of the attack. “We will show them vengeance in the near future they’ve never dreamed of,” he added, stating that “we will not allow them to joke around with us.”

The Chechen leader then said that he had already ordered all Chechen units’ commanders to “up their fighting [efforts] by another 100%” to show “that the Chechens can still enhance their capabilities.” He also called on the republic’s residents to join the Russian forces on the front lines.

“I call on the real man to volunteer for the fighting, to defend our land, our state and our people,” he said, adding that he wanted to see “aircraft with volunteers on board flying to the front lines every day and not just once a week.”

Kadyrov previously stated that over 47,000 fighters, including 19,000 volunteers, had undergone training at RUS since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in 2022.

Ukraine has launched hundreds of UAV attacks on various Russian regions over the past two years of the conflict. They have often targeted energy facilities and civilian infrastructure. Over the past several weeks, Kiev has intensified its drone strikes on Russian territory.

https://www.rt.com/russia/606700-chechen-leader-vengeance-ukraine-drone/