A Ukrainian strike on the Inokhodets ("Orion") drone storage depot at the Kirovskoe airfield in Crimea destroyed one aircraft and left three damaged, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The General Staff underscored the cost factor: "These drones are very expensive — just one unit costs approximately several million dollars."
The Inokhodets is a medium-range operational-tactical strike-reconnaissance system. According to the General Staff, it can operate at distances of up to 250 km, remain airborne for up to 24 hours, fly at altitudes of up to 7.5 km, and carry a combat payload of up to 200 kg of aviation munitions.
Fuel Trains Hit in Luhansk Oblast
In the night of 3-4 April, Ukraine's Defence Forces struck railway echelons carrying fuel in the areas of Shchotove and Stanytsia Luhanska in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, the General Staff reported.
According to the General Staff, the strikes on these targets "complicate the supply of petroleum products to the Russian army."
Alchevsk Steelworks Halts Production After Drone Strike
The Alchevsk metallurgical plant in occupied Luhansk Oblast suspended operations following a drone attack, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) announced.
The SBU stated that the strike damaged blast furnaces, key production shops, distillation columns, gas pipelines, and electrical substations that power the facility.
The occupied Alchevsk steel plant is described by the SBU as "one of the key industrial facilities that the Russians use to support their military production." The plant's output, according to the SBU, is supplied to Russia's Uralvagonzavod, where military equipment is manufactured — including T-90M "Proryv" tanks and "Msta-S" self-propelled howitzers.
The strikes were carried out using FP-2 drones manufactured by Fire Point, a company that also produces "Flamingo" ballistic missiles, according to the SBU.
