Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the base of the Russian military in Skadovsk

9 November, 2023 Place of strike at the Russian base. Photo from the open sources The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the base of the Russian military in the city of Skadovsk, Kherson region.

Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, announced this in his Telegram channel. The strike on the building of the former collective farm "Soviet Ukraine" on the corner of Gagarin and Portova Str. was carried out today at 9 a.m. According to local residents' testimonies, this building, where two powerful explosions sounded in the morning, housed a Russian military camp.

Currently, no one is allowed to come to the site of the strike, and traffic is blocked.

Area of the place of hit. Photo credits: Petro Andryushchenko

According to reports, about 5 Russian soldiers died, and 15 were injured.

Everything is blocked, and no one is allowed to get close. We already know about at least 15 wounded and five "good Russians" who will never return home, Petro Andriushchenko, Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, reported.

Place of strike at the Russian base.

Photo from the open sources

Russian soldiers have been spotted at the site. Some Russian Telegram channels confirm that the strike was on a Russian military base. It is also reported that the FSS officers were stationed in the building.

This is the second known case of the destruction of a Russian military base this month. On November 1, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Russian troops stationed at the Arabat Spit in the Kherson region. As a result of the strike, the Ukrainian military eliminated three staff officers of the Russian Airborne Forces.

At the time, the missiles hit two recreation centers - the boarding house "Yunyy" and "Blakytne Polumya" in the village of Strilkove.

Neutralized Russian officers of the Russian Airborne Forces.

November 2023.

Photo credits: @666_mancer

According to the photo from the memorial service, the following Russian officers were killed:

  • Colonel Vadim Dobryakov, Deputy Head of the Command Center of the Airborne Forces Command;
  • Colonel Alexey Koblov, Head of the Department (planning of enemy fire) of the operational department of the Airborne Forces Headquarters;
  • Colonel Alexander Galkin, Deputy Head of the Airborne Forces Command Control Center.