Occupants' command post destroyed in Kherson region

The Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a series of precision strikes on the military targets of the Russian occupiers, in particular in the temporarily occupied Kherson region.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the military, on the night of May 1, Ukrainian units hit the infrastructure of the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory of Russia. Explosions and a fire were reported at the facility.

Also, the day before, the Perm oil refinery was attacked, where the primary oil processing unit was damaged and subsequently caught fire.

In addition, the Ukrainian military destroyed a number of important enemy targets:

• Buk M3 anti-aircraft missile system
• ammunition depots in Donetsk and Luhansk regions
• a logistics depot near Melitopol
• a warehouse of drones in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation
• drone control centers in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions

Separately, the defeat of the occupiers' command and observation post near the village of Kaira in the Kherson region was confirmed.

The General Staff emphasizes that such operations are aimed at weakening Russia's military and economic potential and will continue.

Recently, on the night of April 30, 2026, the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a ship and boat fleet of Russian forces in the Kerch Strait.

Earlier, Intent wrote how the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a large-scale nighttime special operation in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea. The strikes were carried out on the naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, as well as on the Belbek military airfield. The operation was carried out by Alpha unit fighters using unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result of the attack, a number of key military targets of the occupiers were damaged, including the large landing ships Yamal and Filchenkov, the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs, the Lukomka training center, the headquarters of the radio technical intelligence of the air defense forces, the radar station Cape M1, as well as the MiG 31 aircraft and the technical infrastructure of the Belbek airfield.

Before that, the Ukrainian Defense Forces damaged the P-18 radar station near Yevpatoriya. At the same time, the events in Crimea were accompanied by a series of explosions and air defense activities. An air alert was declared in Sevastopol, and local resources reported drone attacks and loud explosions in different parts of the city.

Андрій Колісніченко