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| The attack targeted the communications center of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the Russian Defense Ministry has said | The attack targeted the communications center of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the Russian Defense Ministry has said |
| Russian forces have conducted a strike on Ukraine’s key military communications facility, as well as a number of other high-priority targets, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. | Russian forces have conducted a strike on Ukraine’s key military communications facility, as well as a number of other high-priority targets, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. |
| In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said that Russian warplanes, drones, missiles and artillery had successfully “hit the main center of special radio communications of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” plus critical airfield infrastructure facilities. | In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said that Russian warplanes, drones, missiles and artillery had successfully “hit the main center of special radio communications of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” plus critical airfield infrastructure facilities. |
| Officials did not say where the center was located, nor comment on the extent of the damage. | Officials did not say where the center was located, nor comment on the extent of the damage. |
| Ukrainian media and officials reported several explosions in Kharkov and Sumy Region, with several blasts also heard in Kiev on Wednesday night. According to local officials, the strike on Kharkov used at least several ballistic missiles. | |
| Russia continues to carry out high-precision strikes on Ukraine’s military installations, including mercenary bases, defense, industrial and energy facilities, while insisting that those attacks never target civilians. | |
| In this vein, in August the Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed a command-and-control facility of one of Ukraine’s mechanized brigades with an Iskander-M missile, eliminating more than a dozen officers. |