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I missed the air defense: the drones hit the object "Zvezda" for the game for 500 km from Ukraine - CPD

To spread: In the Stavropol region of the Russian Federation there were explosions at the military facility "Zvezda", which is managed by the Main Intelligence Administration. The object specializes in cyber intelligence and for the second time suffers from the blows of drones of unknown origin. In the video from the scene we see a aircraft, which is in vain beating air defense.

Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Center of Combating the NSDC, wrote about the attack on the UAV on the Object "GUR" in the Telegram channel. Information on the attack of drones in the Stavropol region of the Russian Federation appeared in the Kovalenko channel at 11:08.

The official assured that the devices flew to the target and hit the military unit, which is engaged in space electronic intelligence and is included in the structure of the GRU of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The head of the CPD did not report the extent of destruction and possible victims. Kovalenko explained that the object "Zvezda" was built in the USSR in 1972.

The object has a equipment that intercepts satellites and data from communication channels between Western military facilities. Today, military games are engaged in the same, and also monitor the events on the battlefield, prepare information and psychological operations, are engaged in cyberbership, said the head of the CPD. Meanwhile, the video posted in the Anonymous channel Supernova+showed a aircraft -type drone, which was spreading over the Stavropol region.

The operator at the same time commented that he moves towards the village of Moscow, in which the military unit is located. In another video: footage of "hunting" aircraft with a drone of unknown origin. The device flies, shoot on it, but miss. In the end, the UAV dives down and then hear a loud "cotton" that scared the Russians with the camera. The channel wrote that there was an attack of three UAVs and a minimum of one probably hit (information needs clarification).

The governor of Stavropol region Volodymyr Volodymyr has confirmed the attack of drones on the region. According to the data published in his channel, the alarm continued for four hours: from 7:27 to 11:33. According to him, all devices were knocked down by air defense, and the wreckage fell near the village of Moscow of Izobilsky district. The official assured that there were no destruction and wounded, and asked the population not to publish a video from the scene of the incident.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet confirmed the attack of UAV on the object "Zvezda". Information about the Stavropol region did not enter the report of the Russian command, which appeared at 7:11.

The Ministry of Defense declared the attack at once 121 drones and all of them were shot down by the air defense facility "Zvezda"-a military part of the GRU of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: in the photo published by OSINT investigators, there are a number of giant antennas in the middle of the field. According to the coordinates 45. 25323500, 41. 89030222 it is possible to find the specified object.

In the photo from the satellite - seven large antennas, which were lined up in one row, and nearby - about 14 smaller ones. If the specified point is placed on the DeepState project, you can see that the object "Zvezda" is located in depth of the Russian territory. In order to get the drones to get 500 km in a straight line, crossing the strip of fighting. The other way is bypassing, through the Black Sea past Crimea: then the distance is about 1 thousand km.

It should be noted that in July 2024 the object "Zvezda" of the Defense Ministry of Defense had already hit the drones of defense forces. On the depth of Defense Express said that a successful air was held on a detachment of special purpose of the Main Intelligence Management, which is stationed in the military unit # 33443.