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Donetsk — UAV launch site
Storage, preparation and launch sites for strike UAVs
Region: Donetsk Oblast (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48.0159, 37.8013
Status: destroyed (as of 10 Oct 2026)
Strikes: 23
Days offline in a year: 43 days
Donetsk: uAV launch site. 23 strikes recorded, from 29 Aug 2026 to 9 Oct 2026; that puts it 1st of 12 for its type.
The map has 63 objects in Donetsk Oblast (Ukraine); 63 of them have been struck.
Open on the map →Strike history
- 9 Oct 20268 October – night of 9 October: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike UAVs near Donetsk.
- 8 Oct 20267 October and the night of 8 October: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones near Donetsk.
- 7 Oct 20266 October and the night of 7 October: according to Ukraine's General Staff, a storage, preparation and launch site for strike UAVs was hit near occupied Donetsk.
- 5 Oct 20264 October and the night of 5 October: according to Ukraine's General Staff, a storage, preparation and launch site for strike UAVs was hit near Donetsk. The General Staff gives no details of the damage.
- 4 Oct 20263 October and the night of 4 October: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones near Donetsk.
- 3 Oct 20262 October and the night of 3 October: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones near Donetsk.
- 1 Oct 202630 September and the night of 1 October: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on a storage, preparation and launch site for attack drones near occupied Donetsk. The results are being clarified.
- 28 Sep 202627 September and the night of 28 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for attack drones in Donetsk.
- 27 Sep 2026Night of 27 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones in occupied Donetsk.
- 24 Sep 2026Night of 24 September: according to Ukraine's General Staff, a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones was hit in the Donetsk area. Consequences were not specified.
- 18 Sep 202617 September and the night of 18 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones in the Donetsk area.
- 17 Sep 202616 September and the night of 17 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported a site where Russian forces store, prepare and launch strike drones hit near Donetsk.
- 16 Sep 2026Night of 16 September: Ukraine's Defense Forces hit a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones near Donetsk.
- 15 Sep 2026Night of 15 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones in the Donetsk area. The extent of damage is being clarified.
- 14 Sep 202613 September and the night of 14 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting storage, preparation and launch sites for strike drones in the Donetsk area. The extent of damage is being clarified.
- 13 Sep 202612 September and the night of 13 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones in occupied Donetsk.
- 12 Sep 2026Night of 12 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting storage sites for Russian strike drones in Donetsk. The extent of the damage is being assessed.
- 11 Sep 2026Night of 11 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones in occupied Donetsk. The extent of damage is being assessed.
- 10 Sep 20269 September and the night of 10 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported hitting a storage, preparation and launch site for Geran/Gerbera attack drones in Donetsk. The location within the city was not given; the extent of damage is being clarified.
- 9 Sep 20268 September and the night of 9 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on a storage, preparation and launch site for strike drones near occupied Donetsk. The extent of the damage is being assessed.
- 8 Sep 2026Night of 8 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported striking a site used to store, prepare and launch Russian attack UAVs in the Donetsk area. The summary covers 7 September and the night of 8 September; the General Staff says the extent of the damage is still being assessed.
- 1 Sep 2026Night of 1 September: Ukraine's General Staff reported a strike on storage, preparation and launch sites for attack UAVs in occupied Donetsk. The extent of the damage is being assessed.
- 29 Aug 202628–29 August: per the Ukrainian General Staff, storage, preparation and launch sites for strike UAVs were hit in the Donetsk area. Damage is being assessed. The map point is the city: the source does not name the sites' locations.
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