"Sparks" on landfills: how the Armed Forces will hide the fighters underground from the blows of the Russian Federation - Syrsky

Servicemen who are undergoing 51-day basic general military training are trying to protect from the attacks of drones and missiles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky wrote on Facebook. It is emphasized that in the summer of 2025 intensified the process of construction of protective structures at landfills and training centers.

The Commander of the Armed Forces reported that there are training centers, in which 100% fighters are constantly in underground buildings. For protection, special bunkers in which they live during training are erected and the moves on the landfills. Syrsky also listened to reports on how the heads of the centers establish the operation of the air defense system: the means of identifying threats and covering from the air. "Following the meeting, he set a task to solve problematic issues.

He stressed the need to concentrate efforts to complete the arrangement of underground shelters in training centers within the shortest possible time," Sirsky wrote. Focus wrote about the strikes of the Russian Federation on landfills and training centers - about the arrivals of Iskander ballistic missiles, which occurred after the emergence of Russian reconnaissance drones. One of these incidents happened in July 2025, said The New York Times Media.

According to interlocutors of journalists, the Russians attacked the training center for foreign legionnaires: about 100 people were injured. It is also indicated that about 10 legionnaires have died, according to the article. Another blow to the landfill took place on August 12, confirmed in the Land Forces. The impact point is a training center in the Chernihiv region. According to the command, almost all the fighters were in shelter, but one person was killed.