Ukrainian Drones Control Airspace over Russian Logistic Routes in Occupied Luhansk Oblast, 3rd Army Corps Says
Ukraine’s Third Army Corps said its strike drones reached more than 205 kilometers inside occupied territory and hit armored vehicles and ammunition depots.
- On May 31, the Third Army Corps' Unmanned Systems Battalion launched drone strikes against Russian logistics routes across occupied Luhansk Oblast, reaching targets near the Izvaryne border crossing 205 kilometers from the combat line.
- The operation counters Russian claims of fully capturing Luhansk Oblast, with the Third Army Corps targeting key supply lines in Starobilsk, Alchevsk, Brianka, and Kadiivka to disrupt enemy logistics networks.
- Led by platoon commander Oleksandr Ivantsov, a Hero of Ukraine with call sign "Skhid," these missions contributed to more than 200 drone strikes reported throughout May across occupied regions.
- Ukraine's "Logistics Lockdown" campaign turns Russian supply routes into contested ground, forcing drones to threaten previously secure ammunition depots and armored vehicle convoys deep behind the front line.
- While the operation disrupts logistics, analysts caution the current declaration of control over occupied territory remains largely symbolic, though Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov noted the initiative expands medium-range strike capabilities.
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The Ukrainian army controls supplies in Luhansk, the Russian front shakes: reports report attacks up to 205 kilometers into the Russian occupied area.
The Ukrainian army claims that the third army now has "drone control" of the main Russian logistics routes in the occupied region of Luhansk.
Ukrainian drones covered more than 205 kilometers from the Borovaya district in the Kharkiv region to the Izvaryne checkpoint in the Luhansk region, where they struck Russian logistics. This was reported by the Third Army Corps. According to the military, fighters of the unmanned systems battalion struck armored vehicles and ammunition depots of the Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. The corps noted that …
The Ukrainians said they had struck, among other things, the Izvarine checkpoint, more than 200 kilometers away, which is only a little over a kilometer from the Russian western border.
Ukrainian forces gain control over Russian supply routes in Luhansk and strike ‘anything that moves’
Ukraine’s Third Assault Brigade announced it now controls Russian logistical routes in Luhansk via drone operations, reaching as far as 205 kilometers into occupied territory and up to the Izvaryne checkpoint on the Russian border. The brigade said it launched an operation to dominate key supply lines used by Russian forces in occupied Luhansk region, utilizing strike drones from its unmanned systems battalion. The attacks targeted Russian armor…
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