UAV Operator Training Center of the Russian Federation’s 18th Army Was Destroyed in Kherson Region

On the night of October 10–11, Ukrainian forces destroyed a drone operator training center belonging to the Russian Federation’s 18th Combined Arms Army in the temporarily occupied village of Khorly in the Kherson region.

This was reported by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), which released a video of the operation.

The strike was carried out by fighters from the DIU’s Shamanbat special forces unit, together with servicemen from the 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Ukrainian Marine Corps.

According to intelligence reports, the operation completely destroyed two buildings used by Russian military personnel. Their locations correspond to the coordinates 46.078768, 33.286005 and 46.078671, 33.283671.

One of them housed a training center for UAV operators.

The other target was a residence for officers of the occupying forces. Specifically, Russian instructors were stationed there, training sabotage groups of the Russian Federation’s 18th Combined Arms Army.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) reported on the complete destruction of both facilities. The released footage shows strike moments. However, intelligence did not specify information regarding enemy personnel casualties.

Earlier, Militarnyi reported that on October 13–14, the Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a storage, training, and launch site for Russian strike drones in the area of the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk. This likely refers to the territory of Donetsk Airport, where the occupiers had set up infrastructure for the deployment of Geran-type drones.