Nikita Shenderovsky11:59, 01.07.25

The occupiers’ headquarters in Donetsk was responsible for organizing the Russian offensive throughout the east, Mykola Malomuzh noted.

During the strike on Donetsk on the night of July 1, the headquarters of the 8th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces , which is a strategic target of Kyiv, was probably hit. This was stated on the air of “Channel 24” by the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Army General Mykola Malomuzh. 

“The army headquarters is a strategic facility that deploys directions of military operations virtually on the entire eastern front. And now a group of about 110 thousand people is one of the elements of organizing attacks in the Pokrovsky, Kramatorsk, and in general in the Donetsk direction. All operations are planned from the positions of this headquarters. And strikes on its location, the destruction of headquarters employees, infrastructure, and control systems are a strategic strike,” Malomuzh said.

He added that such strikes allow for a while to disorganize the work of the headquarters, destroy the personnel and technological component, and also weaken the enemy’s ability to carry out active actions.

“And on the other hand, to intensify our actions for this period. When there is no unified organization of enemy attacks and defenses, we have the opportunity to seek out those sectors where the enemy does not have coordinated positions, this really gives an advantage,” Malomuzh added.

Strikes on Russian targets: important news

On the night of July 1 , a series of explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Donetsk . According to local media, a metallurgical plant was under attack. According to pro-Kremlin media, the city was allegedly attacked by Storm Shadow missiles. 

In addition, on the night of July 1, it was noisy in temporarily occupied Luhansk . There were no reports of damage to individual objects. However, there are videos on the Internet showing fires caused by attacks.

(C)UNIAN 2025