The unit members refer to themselves as a long-range UAV unit and spoke about using the Liutyi drones, which are about 4 meters long with a wingspan of 7 meters. Journalists spoke with a Defence Intelligence commander with the callsign Serge and the unit commander Vector. The Ukrainian Defence Intelligence officers stated that their target was an enemy ammunition depot, specifically train cars inside a depot loaded with recently delivered Iranian missiles. The accelerated video from CNN showed 11 explosions occurring over 56 minutes between 2:22 and 3:18 AM - precisely during the period when Ukrainian drones were expected to strike the targets. At the end of September, the Ukrainian Defense Forces reported attacking a weapons depot in Russia, including a stash of Iranian missiles.

Source: CNN October 17, 2024 08:10 UTC