BELGOROD, April 17. /TASS/. Over the past 24 hours, artillery units of the Russian “North” group of forces reported destroying more than 40 Ukrainian drone command posts in the Sumy and Kharkov regions

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Russian servicemen carried out strikes against Ukrainian Armed Forces targets using Giatsint-K, Malva, and Tornado-S systems, the group reported.

“Artillery units of the ‘North’ group of forces destroyed 44 drone command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy and Kharkov regions over the past day. Strikes on identified coordinates were carried out by crews operating Giatsint-K, Malva, Msta-S, Tornado-S, and Akatsiya systems, among others,” the statement said.

The group noted that Ukrainian drone command posts were identified using technical means of ground and aerial reconnaissance.

Units of the “North” group continue active offensive operations, expanding the security zone in the Sumy and Kharkov regions.

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