Ukraine's Increasing Accuracy Destroys Russian Drone Pilot School, Airfield, Ships

In the past week, Ukraine missiles and drones have hit and destroyed or damaged a Russian warship 160 miles from the front (striking it in the central part of the hull where its radars and missile launchers are located), destroyed a Russian training center for drone operators in Donetsk, and hit another Russian airfield, where, ironically, the planes and helicopters that survived a previous attack on Berdiansk airfield had been moved because the new location was thought to be safer.  

Such strategic targeting is a major reason why Russian capabilities continue to degrade. JL

Annielli reports in Daily Kos:

Russia’s military airfield at Taganrog which is only 45 km from the border with Ukraine, was hit. This is where Russia had moved most of its helicopters after Ukraine hit the airfield at Berdyansk. Might have to move those choppers to Vladivostok. (And) The Donetsk center to train Russian drone operators just had an impromptu lesson in HIMARS 101. The Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian ship Askold in Kerch harbor hit the ship's multifunctional radar system. The strikes hit the central part of the hull, where 8 vertical launchers for launching Kalibr and/or P-800 Onyx cruise missiles were located.

Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations near Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhia Oblast on November 7. 

 

There are preliminary reports that Ukrainian forces have also started attacking in the direction of Nesterianka. Earlier, Ukrainian forces also tried to reach Kopani and partially succeeded overcoming important fortifications.

 

Russia’s military airfield at Taganrog, which is only 45 km from the border with Ukraine, was hit. Russia, of course, claims a missile was shot down and the explosion was from the debris hitting some containers.

This is where Russia had moved most of its helicopters after Ukraine hit the airfield at Berdyansk. Might have to move those choppers to Vladivostok.

The Donetsk center to train Russian drone operators just had an impromptu lesson in HIMARS 101.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Melitopol (western Zaporizhia Oblast) directions. 20 unsuccessful attacks reported in the Kupyansk sector of the front in Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces transferred a limited number of armored vehicles to the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast and are continuing larger-than-usual ground operations on the east bank with a light infantry grouping of roughly battalion size. 

Ukrainian forces likely conducted initial company-sized assaults across the Dnipro River onto the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast on October 17 and 18.[7] The reported battalion-size Ukrainian force grouping on the east bank suggests that heavy Russian interdiction efforts along the Dnipro River have not prevented Ukrainian forces from transferring additional personnel and materiel to positions on the east bank. ISW will not speculate on the prospects of ongoing Ukrainian activity on the east bank of Kherson Oblast.