Ukraine Destroys 9 Command Posts, Other Sites In Preemptive Strikes At Russians

Ukrainian forces are targeting any perceived build up of Russian troops and equipment along the front in order to disrupt both defense and attack preparations. 

The strikes are part of a broader strategy to keep the Russians offguard and unable to reorganize, especially while they continue to suffer shortages of men and materiel. JL 

Holly Ellyat reports in CNBC:

Ukraine’s forces have reportedly destroyed nine Russian command posts, an additional 17 areas where there was a “build-up of manpower,” one artillery cluster and  two ammunition depots as it repelled Russian attacks in several areas of Luhansk and Donetsk in the past 24 hours. Ukraine’s air force launched 14 strikes on areas where there was, it said, a “concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, as well as air defense positions.”

Ukraine’s forces have reportedly destroyed nine Russian command posts and an additional 17 areas where there was a “build-up of manpower,” one artillery cluster and two ammunition depots in the past 24 hours, according to an update from the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.

In its latest military update, Ukraine said it had repelled Russian attacks in several areas of Luhansk and Donetsk, where fighting has been at its most intense in recent months.

It said Russian forces had launched two missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in the industrial city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk as well as 11 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops along the front line, “as well as more than 60 MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Kherson city and the positions of Ukrainian troops.”

“There is still a threat of missile and UAV strikes on the energy system and critical infrastructure objects throughout the territory of Ukraine,” the General Staff warned.

It said Russian forces continued to violate international humanitarian law, claiming it was using the civilian population as human shields. Russia claims Ukraine does the same thing.

The General Staff also reported that Ukraine’s air force had launched 14 strikes on areas where there was, it said, a “concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, as well as air defense positions.” CNBC was unable to verify the information within the report.