Operation "Snow for Akhmat": How the Ukrainian Military Managed to Destroy an Enemy Pilot School
Kyiv • UNN
The SBS and SBU conducted Operation Snow for Akhmat, destroying a pilot school in Snizhne. 65 cadets and the head of the center, Lieutenant Colonel Bury, were liquidated.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, conducted the operation "Snow for Akhmat." The operation resulted in the destruction of an enemy pilot school and 65 special forces cadets. This was reported by the Commander of the USF of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert Brovdi ("Madyar"), according to UNN.
"Snow for Akhmat": USF Birds destroyed a training den for enemy pilots and 65 special forces cadets of the 78th Special Forces Regiment "Sever-Akhmat," a center of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences in the settlement of Snizhne, temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region,
The elimination of 65 cadets and the head of the center, a lieutenant colonel with the call sign "Buryi," who was also a doctor of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, has been confirmed. The number of medical casualties is being clarified.
He noted that the operation "Snow for Akhmat" was carefully prepared and coordinated by the USF Deep Strike Center together with the intelligence of the 1st OC USF unit and the SBU.
On the night of May 20, the Birds of the 1st OC USF, with 11 planned strikes using middle strike assets (100 kg warhead), targeted the training and production complex and the temporary deployment point of the 78th Motorized Special Forces Regiment "Sever-Akhmat" named after A.A. Kadyrov, which operates as part of the 42nd Division of the Russian Army. The main two-story complex with an area of 2,484 sq. m contained a UAV and ammunition assembly area, as well as personnel quarters. The ammunition stockpile in the basement added significant damage to the facility,
He added that there were only three such centers deployed in the temporarily occupied territory, but now only two remain.
"For now," Brovdi added.
Fire Point's FP-2 drones, which are actively used for middle strikes, were involved in the operation.
It is also reported that Ukrainian drones hit the Kstovo Refinery and the Syzran Refinery, which is located more than 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
According to the SSO, the Syzran Refinery, in addition to civilian needs, provides fuel for Russian military aviation and units in the center and south of the Russian Federation. Petroleum products are also exported from there via the Volga River and the Caspian Sea.
The USF noted that striking the enemy's oil refining infrastructure reduces its economic and logistical capabilities to wage war against Ukraine.