Russian missiles hits command center in Donbass
(MENAFN) Russia has launched Iskander ballistic missiles at a Ukrainian military command center in Donbass, according to a statement released Monday by the Russian Defense Ministry. The targeted facility reportedly housed the leadership of Ukraine’s operative task force in Lugansk.
The strike hit a site in Druzhkovka, a town under Ukrainian control in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry said the attack was captured by a surveillance drone, and footage shows two missiles hitting a large industrial building, seemingly part of an old Soviet-era machine factory.
Druzhkovka is located roughly 30 kilometers northwest of Toretsk (formerly Dzerzhinsk), a town that previously served as a Ukrainian operational hub before being taken by Russian forces in February.
While the ministry did not provide the exact timing of the strike, the footage first surfaced on Saturday on a Telegram channel tracking the conflict in Ukraine.
The Iskander missile system, capable of striking targets up to 500 kilometers away, carries a 480-kg warhead and travels at speeds nearing Mach 6, making it hard to intercept. It is built for quick-response missions against critical enemy targets.
Previously, Russia’s Defense Ministry said the same missile system had been used to destroy a German-supplied IRIS-T air defense unit, a military camp, and an airfield believed to be launching drone attacks on Russian territory.
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