# Battlegroup Center’s Tornado-S system strikes Ukrainian command post in Dobropolye

https://mins.news/en/item/23962

- TASS, 2026-08-17 08:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2174047

> Russia’s Defense Ministry says a Tornado-S crew from Battlegroup Center destroyed an underground Ukrainian command post in the Dobropolye sector. Reconnaissance drones located the camouflaged position, which was then hit from about 100 kilometers away by a salvo of 300-mm guided rockets with high-explosive fragmentation warheads.

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