Russian communications stations and an ammunition dump were destroyed by Ukrainian forces on Thursday, according to Ukrainian officials.
The Operational Command South unit posted on Facebook that Ukrainian forces “deployed missile and artillery units to shell and destroy the enemy,” resulting in the destruction of what officials described as complex satellite communications stations dubbed “Legend 2.” “ are known, in addition to an anti-tank missile complex. It remains unclear what types of weapons or artillery were used in the attack.
An ammunition depot was also destroyed in the village of Blahodatne in Mykolaiv, preventing Russian troops from resupplying ammunition.
Officials said the number of Russian casualties is unknown. Ukrainian officials said they acted in response to the Russians reportedly firing two anti-radar missiles from Su-35 planes toward Bashtansky and Mykolaiv districts, without causing damage or Ukrainian casualties.
A man pulls a cart through the rubble of a destroyed Kharkiv Polytechnic University building after a missile attack in Kharkiv August 19, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tensions have escalated as both sides continue to fight on land, in the air and at sea. SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images
The destruction of the Mykolayiv ammunition dump was not the only reported attack on Thursday. A separate Russian ammunition depot in the villages of Timonovo and Solotilocated, about nine miles from the Ukrainian border, caught fire and residents had to be evacuated, according to Portal. Nobody was killed in the incident.
Another successful attack on Russian forces was also reported by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry via Telegram on Thursday. Ukrainian guards and fighters from a special National Guard unit reportedly stationed in the Donetsk region spotted “a column of equipment,” including several Russian tanks.
“As a result of quick and accurate work, the fighters managed to knock out two tanks,” the post reads. “The Guardsmen then relayed the information to neighboring units to further destroy the remaining crew and equipment.”
The fighting continues as the Russian War Game Book continues to be modified. In a surprise announcement by Russia’s TASS news agency due to not often publicly announced military changes, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Navy Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov in a deputy capacity to succeed Navy Chief Igor Osipov, who had been in command since Russia’s invasion began in late February.
Osipov’s downfall was reportedly because he was responsible when the Russian naval fleet lost the flagship Moskva in the Black Sea in April, drawing widespread attention months before Ukraine recaptured the formerly Russian-held Snake Island in July.
Tensions rise as the threat of nuclear proliferation persists.
British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told GB News on Thursday that Putin may start resorting to “unconventional” warfare because his country’s war effort is going “very poorly”. Nuclear threats are becoming more common.
“We saw the amount of tanks they lost and troops… We know that in his opinion, Putin probably cannot afford to fail in Ukraine because he will be over,” de Bretton- Gordon said . “When we hear stories about nuclear power plants and others and we receive threats from the Russian Defense Ministry and some of its supporters regarding the nuclear issue, we absolutely have to be on our feet.”
Newsweek has reached out to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry and Russia’s Defense Ministry for comment.