Ukrainian drones struck a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters in the occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported.
According to his post on Telegram, Thursday’s strike caused around 100 Russian casualties, including both killed and wounded troops, and targeted the village of Henicheska Hirka, near the coast of the Sea of Azov.
The area has remained under Russian occupation since the early months of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Special forces from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) Center for Special Operations “A” carried out the attack.
“A headquarters of Russian FSB officers was hit, and a Pantsir-S1 air defense system was destroyed on our temporarily occupied territory,” Zelensky reported.
The Pantsir-S1 is a Russian self-propelled surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system used to protect military and strategic facilities from aircraft, drones and incoming missiles.
“Russians must feel that they have to end this war,” Zelensky said. “Ukraine’s medium- and long-range sanctions will continue to work.”