Ukrainian officialssaid Friday that unidentified drones had targeted a Russian military intelligence station that spies on foreign satellites and electronic signals.The governor of southern Russias Stavropol region, Vladimir Vladimirov, said drone fragments fell in the village of Moskovskoye without casualties or other damage early that morning.But the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Councils center for countering disinformation stated that the drones had successfully reached the Russian GRU military intelligence agencys facility for obstructing and examining satellite communications.The centers spokesperson Andriy Kovalenko stated on Telegram that the center belongs to a network of satellite eavesdropping stations called Zvezda.
The Zvezda facility is not just a technical base, but also part of the strategic architecture of Russian intelligence, which is used both for keeping track of the scenario in war zones and for preparing info for info and mental operations, he wrote.According to the online publication The Space Review, the Stavropol region facility was amongst at least four Zvezda stations to beattacked by Ukraine since Russias full-blown invasion of the country in 2022.
The Zvezda station in the Stavropol regions Moskovskoye village was lastattacked on July 4, 2024.