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KUPIANSK, UKRAINE (RELEASED ON AUG. 28, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY - RESTRICTED)

1. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS SHOWIRUSSIAN FORCES TARGETING UKRAINIAN DRONE CONTROL CENTER / SMOKE RISING
KUPIANSK, UKRAINE - RELEASED ON AUG. 28 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY — Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian drone command post in the village of Petropavlivka in the Kupiansk direction on Thursday, Aug. 28, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The site, operated by Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade, was located in an abandoned building and detected by Russian reconnaissance units.

The ministry said the strike was carried out with a Kh-39 light multi-purpose guided missile.

Real-time monitoring confirmed the destruction of the facility, and Russian officials claimed enemy drone activity in the area has since sharply decreased.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.