Ukrainian forces recently struck a Russian facility for the storage, maintenance, and repair of Shahed-type attack drones in the Russian city of Orel, the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in a report on December 28.

According to the report, Ukraine struck the facility with at least three Storm Shadow missiles on the afternoon of December 26, wounding and killing nine Russian servicemen. Satellite imagery shows that Russian forces began construction of the facility in August 2024 and may have completed construction in November or early December 2024.

Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that on December 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with other components of the Defense Forces, struck a protected facility of the Russian occupiers in Orel region, as a result of which a warehouse for storing, servicing and repairing kamikaze drones Shahed, consisting of a number of concrete protected structures, was destroyed.

"The said combat operation significantly reduced the enemy's potential for conducting air raids by strike UAVs on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine," the General Staff said.