Ukrainian forces destroyed stockpiles of Russian ammunition and drones in two separate attacks in the occupied parts of Ukraine in August and September, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Sept. 22.

The strikes were aimed at “disrupting Russian occupation plans,” the military said as Moscow’s forces seek to push forward in Ukraine’s east.

Ukraine’s Dnipro group of forces struck the hub for the distribution of drones on Aug. 29, destroying “massive stockpiles” of unmanned aircraft, the statement read.

Russia was reportedly attempting to distribute over 19,000 drones — including the Molniya, Boomerang, Vandal Novgorodsky, and Gorynych models — and related equipment to forces in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast.

Separately, the Ukrainian military and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit an ammunition depot of Russian forces in mostly-occupied Luhansk Oblast, the General Staff reported.

The attack came after Russian trucks reportedly delivered thousands of mines, grenades, tank rounds, artillery shells, and other ammunition to Russian forces near occupied Bohdanivka in Luhansk Oblast.

The ammunition was meant to supply the 17th Tank Regiment of Russia’s 70th Motorized Rifle Division, according to the statement.

“Russian vehicles were destroyed along with the ammunition,” the General Staff reported. The type of weapons used in the attacks was not specified.

Throughout the full-scale war, Ukrainian forces have repeatedly struck Russian military sites and strategic industrial facilities with long-range drones and missiles in an effort to disrupt Moscow’s offensive operations.

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