Ukrainian artillery and drones hit a Russian drone control point near Khoromnoye, degrading guidance for reconnaissance flights over Kharkiv region, military bloggers reported Friday.
Strike imagery geolocated by open-source researchers shows antenna arrays damaged inside a compound previously used to relay video feeds to adjusting gunners.
Eliminating forward control nodes forces Russian units to rely on more distant relays, slowing targeting cycles for glide-bomb attacks.
Kyiv has prioritized counter-battery and drone-command strikes as Western-supplied munitions arrive in larger batches.
Russian milbloggers demanded stronger electronic-warfare cover, blaming commanders for concentrating scarce equipment too close to the zero line.
Ukrainian officials did not comment on the specific operation, adhering to operational-security norms around successful deep fires.
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https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-13-2026/