AFU's HIMARS Strike On Shakhtarsk Eliminates All RF Deputy Divisional Commanders

• 12.07.2022, 17:30

Only one with the call sign Badger survived.

As a result of strikes on the occupants' base and depots near occupied Shakhtersk (Donetsk Region), high-ranking military officers of the Russian Armed Forces were eliminated.

Preliminarily data says almost all of the deputy commanders of one of the enemy divisions were killed.

These results of the operation, which took place on July 10, were reported by the Office of Strategic Communications of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its Telegram channel AFU StratCom. More details are still being investigated.

The press service states the HIMARS firing resulted in the deaths of all deputy commanders of the Russian 106th Airborne Division - except one with the call sign Badger. He is wounded and in serious condition.

In addition, Valentin Danilov, commander of rocket and artillery armament of 58a (military unit #47084, Vladikavkaz) of the Southern Military District of Russia died on 12 July.

We should remind you that explosions broke out in Shakhtersk in the early morning of July 10. A large-scale fire broke out at the occupants' ammunition depots; an evacuation was announced in the city.

The Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strikes and showed photos proving the destruction of the enemy facility.

Two days earlier, July 8, there had also been explosions and a fire in Shakhtersk from the detonation of ammunition stored in a Russian military depot.