Ukrainian UAVs attacked the GRU’s Zvezda space reconnaissance system, – Defense Express

Ukrainian UAVs attacked the GRU Zvezda space reconnaissance system, – Defense Express Polina Buyanova

Drones On July 4, the space reconnaissance system was attacked/Collage 24 Channel

Drones attacked a military unit in the Stavropol Territory, which is more than 450 kilometers from the current front line. Part of the Russian space reconnaissance system “Zvezda” came under attack.

According to journalists, with Putin coming to power, this military unit was radically modernized, with the number of antennas and territory doubling.

Drones attacked space reconnaissance system

Russian journalists reported that on July 4, in the village of Moskovskoye, Stavropol Territory of Russia, two drones attacked military unit 33443 of the GRU special forces. The media claimed that one of the drones exploded, as a result of which one Russian intelligence officer was injured.

Military unit 33443 itself has a rather distinctive appearance and in general, two dozen parabolic antennas are located on the territory of the military unit. But the fact is that this is not just a military unit, and not even just a radio intelligence unit of the so-called OSNAZ GRU, but part of the Russian Zvezda space reconnaissance system,” the material says.

< p>This system was created in the early 1970s to intercept signals from spacecraft. It provided for the creation of 11 stations on the territory of the USSR and 4 abroad. The military unit was one of the first and few to remain in service after the collapse of the USSR, because half of all similar space reconnaissance points were located on the territory of the Union republics.

Journalists added that so far There are no current satellite images of the military unit to assess the consequences of the strike. At the same time, it can already be concluded that Ukraine is purposefully knocking out Russia’s space capabilities.

Earlier, the Defense Forces also dealt a powerful blow to Russia’s long-distance space communications center in the village of Vitino near Evpatoria , which is in occupied Crimea.