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Ukrainian forces attacked the Morozovsk airfield in Russia's Rostov Oblast, successfully hitting its ammunition depot storing glide bombs, among other weapons, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed on Aug. 3.
Information about the destruction of Russian aircraft and air defense systems is still being clarified, the General Staff said.
Ukraine also struck oil depots and warehouses in Belgorod, Rostov, and Kursk oblasts overnight, according to the report.
The Russian Defense Ministry earlier in the day claimed that Russian air defense systems had intercepted 75 drones overnight over Rostov, Kursk, Belgorod, Orel, Ryazan, and Voronezh oblasts, as well as over the Azov Sea and Krasnodar Krai.
Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said drones attacked an oil depot in Belgorod Oblast, while in Rostov Oblast, explosions were recorded near the Morozovsk airfield and an oil depot.
Ukrainian forces regularly conduct drone strikes and sabotage acts on Russian territory, targeting military assets, oil refineries, and industrial facilities, aiming to undermine Russia's war machine and the sources of its funding.
The Security Service of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) carried out the overnight attacks on Aug. 3, according to the General Staff.
At least two oil tanks were successfully hit overnight and subsequently caught fire.
An oil and fuel warehouse at the Atlas plant near the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Russia’s Rostov Oblast was struck by Ukrainian drones, a source in the Ukrainian military intelligence, told the Kyiv Independent.
This warehouse supplies military units and subdivisions of the Russian army stationed in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, according to the source. The facility was attacked using 15 Obsidian drones.
Another source in law enforcement told the Kyiv Independent that the Gubinsky oil depot in Belgorod Oblast also came under the attack.
The Morozovsk airbase has been previously targeted by Ukraine. A source in intelligence agencies told the Kyiv Independent in April that six warplanes stationed at the airfield had been destroyed in a Ukrainian attack.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
