Twenty-four Russian servicemen were killed and four were wounded in the attack.
Kyiv’s forces attacked a Russian military training ground in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Wednesday, striking a group of drone pilots using a U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), according to local reports.
In a post on Telegram, Russian military blogger Vladimir Romanov said some drone operators said they could have been struck near the city of Ilovaisk because the head of the Sudoplatov (or „Judgment Day“) group carelessly gave out coordinates on its positions to „strangers“ via a bot on „where to come for training.“
„The HIMARS have arrived. There are dead,“ the drone operators allegedly said.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said the volunteer group was created in November 2023, state-run news agency Tass reported.
