Non-Stop Airstrikes! Russian Forces Build-Ups Demolished! - RFU News

Today, there is a lot of news from the Zaporizhia direction.

Here, as Russian forces quietly amass troops for a renewed offensive in Zaporizhia, Ukraine has already begun dismantling the operation before it can even begin. Through a relentless campaign of targeted airstrikes, Ukrainian forces are systematically striking the backbone of Russia’s preparations, crippling their logistics, command centers, and drone operations.

Russian forces are actively redeploying substantial numbers of troops toward Zaporizhia, signaling preparations for renewed assaults in this previously calm sector. One visually confirmed instance, documented by Ukrainian analysts, captured a convoy of about 15 trucks, indicating approximately 250 to 300 soldiers being relocated. However, this recorded event likely represents only a fraction of the overall troop movements. Given that not all convoys are detected, it's reasonable to assume Russia has shifted several thousand troops in total, aiming to reignite significant offensive operations in the area.

Russian operational objectives are clear and well-defined: capturing the settlements of Orikhiv and Huliaipole. Securing Orikhiv would push the frontline close enough to Zaporizhia city to threaten it with artillery and long-range FPV drones with fiber-optic guidance. This could potentially expose the major urban center of 700,000 residents to constant Russian bombardment, thus severely disrupting Ukrainian logistics and civilian life. Capturing Huliaipole, on the other hand, would provide Russia with a stable operational base, facilitating a northern push toward the Dnipro Region and creating another axis of pressure. Nevertheless, despite these tactical ambitions, any larger Russian aspiration of taking Zaporizhia city remains extremely unrealistic. Capturing such a densely populated and large city successfully would require hundreds of thousands of troops, as they would face multiple entrenched Ukrainian defense lines to even reach it in the first place.

Aware of Russia’s intent, Ukraine is proactively launching comprehensive air operations aimed at dismantling Russian preparations. Ukrainian forces systematically target critical Russian command posts, ammunition storages, drone control centers, and troop concentrations, seeking to cripple logistical and operational capabilities ahead of a potential offensive.

First in these efforts is Ukraine’s strategic targeting of Russian railway logistics, the backbone of Russia’s military operations. Near Tokmak, Ukrainian FPV drones disrupted Russian rail logistics in two significant incidents. Initially, a drone strike disabled a train in Tokmak’s industrial zone, temporarily crippling vital enemy transport links. Another precision attack between Tokmak and Molochansk began by halting a Russian train with an FPV drone; subsequently, additional drones struck fuel tanks, causing a massive fire that eliminated essential fuel reserves destined for Russian frontline units.

Secondly, Ukrainian airstrikes intensively target Russian command infrastructure. Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets conducted pinpoint attacks using GBU 62 JDAM ER guided bombs against multiple battalion level Russian command posts, even striking two separate ones on the same day. Another similar strike in Nesteryanka village obliterated a building, housing key battalion commanders, severely disrupting local Russian coordination capabilities. Further air operations neutralized enemy drone operational hubs. Notably, Ukrainian aircraft used French-supplied AASM-250 HAMMER precision bombs to destroy Russian drone control centers and eliminate operators sheltering in fortified dugouts.

Finally, Ukraine systematically targets enemy ammunition and fuel depots. Near Novozlatopil village, a significant strike involving two bombs destroyed an entire hangar filled with Russian ammunition, fuel supplies, and even drone operators, indicating the depot likely sustained Russian drone operations. Similarly, near Shyroke village, another HAMMER-guided munition annihilated a critical ammunition depot, reportedly eliminating several Russian personnel in the explosion.

Ukrainian air power is especially active here because conditions are relatively favorable, as Zaporizhia is far from Russia's mainland airspace. Intensive Ukrainian strikes on Russian air defenses both locally and in adjacent Crimea have notably degraded enemy air defense capabilities. This creates a relatively safer environment for Ukrainian aircraft to operate, enabling extensive and precise air strikes. Consequently, Ukrainian forces capitalize fully on these...