Ukraine’s security service said its Alpha special operations unit attacked a Russian Federal Security Service headquarters in occupied Kherson Oblast, leaving about 100 Russian troops killed or wounded.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the strike on May 21. He said the strike also destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system worth up to $20 million, and gave no date for the operation.
Zelensky said Russian forces “have to bring this war to an end,” adding that Ukraine’s medium- and long-range sanctions would continue to bite.
Kherson Oblast in the south has been a battleground since Moscow opened its full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian troops seized much of the region, including its main city, before Ukrainian forces retook the city in November 2022. The ground east of the Dnipro River stays under Russian occupation and is a regular target for Ukrainian strikes on military infrastructure and supply lines.
The strike was the second recent hit on a Russian security building; earlier in May, Ukrainian drones attacked an FSB facility in occupied Crimea.
Sources
- Ukraine strikes Russian FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson Oblast, killing and injuring nearly 100 troops
- Ukraine's Devastating Strike: FSB HQ Wiped Out in Kherson (2026)
