The Defence Forces carried out a massive overnight strike on a Shahed drone storage facility at Donetsk Airport on 30 December.
This was reported by the commander of the 414th Separate Brigade of Unmanned Strike Aviation Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, known as “Birds of Madyar”.
“Birds of the 1st Separate Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces delivered a large-scale strike on a hub used for the storage, equipping and launch preparation of Shahed/Geran drones at Donetsk Airport (Donetsk, temporarily occupied territory) during the night of 30 December. The operation was planned by the intelligence command of the 414th Separate Brigade “Birds of Madyar” in cooperation with the newly established Deep Strike Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping,” the statement said.
The strike hit:
a Geran/Shahed logistics hub
a pre-flight preparation and maintenance point for Geran/Shahed and Gerbera drones
a central warhead storage facility for Geran/Shahed UAVs
an accumulation warehouse for Gerbera UAVs
a concentration point for enemy personnel and technical staff