Ukraine claims that satellite images show the destruction of a Russian warehouse used to launch Iranian-made drones and train cadets.

The photos follow reports of a huge explosion near a Russian airport in the southern Krasnodar region.

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A Ukrainian strike has destroyed a Russian base in Krasnodar that contained extensive training facilities, control points for the drones and a warehouse storing a large number of Shahed-136 drones.

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Moscow has yet to comment on the reports, but said it shot down several drones in the area overnight on Friday.

Navy officials in Kiev said that a number of instructors and cadets learning to operate the Iranian-made Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles were killed in the attack, which, they said, occurred on Friday night.

In a Telegram post, Navy officials in Kiev said that the operation was planned and conducted in cooperation with Ukrainian intelligence.

The base was located in the Sea of ​​Azov opposite the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to data from Planet Labs – the US-based company that took the photos.

Photos posted on social media showed two large warehouses breaking up from a north-south road on April 11. Later photos taken on Saturday showed one warehouse completely destroyed, while the other sustained significant damage.

Officials said that the missiles were US-made ATACMS missiles, which are capable of delivering deep strikes into Russian territory.

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