Ukraine’s forces have struck the Balashovo oil depot in Russia’s Saratov region, a concentration of Russian manpower in Russia’s Belgorod region, as well as drone command posts, a repair unit, and a multiple launch rocket system in the occupied territories of Ukraine, according to Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) General Staff.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out strikes against a number of enemy military targets on Feb. 6 and overnight into Feb. 7, the statement said.
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According to preliminary information, the Balashovo oil depot in Russia’s Saratov region was hit and the damage is being assessed.
A concentration of Russian troops was also reportedly near Dronivka in Russia’s Belgorod region.
In the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, a Ukrainian strike was reported on an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command post near Rivnopillya. A Russian troop concentration was also hit in nearby Dorozhnyanka.
Near Yalta in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region, a Russian repair unit was hit.
Meanwhile, near Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, an enemy UAV command post was hit, as well as a multiple launch rocket system near Poltavka.
Russian losses and the scale of the damage are still being assessed.
Earlier today, Kyiv Post reported that Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) carried out a drone strike overnight on a Russian chemical plant that produces key fuel components used in cruise missiles regularly fired at Ukrainian cities.
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