Overview

• The claim was published by state outlet RIA Novosti on September 26, attributing all details to Russia's Defense Ministry.
• Russian UAV operators reportedly located a Ukrainian drone command post near the Kleban-Byk reservoir and relayed coordinates to 152-mm Msta-B artillery.
• A separate strike targeted what Russia says was a temporary Ukrainian deployment inside residential buildings on the Konstantinovsk direction using FPV attack drones.
• The reports provide no casualty figures, visual evidence, or on-the-ground corroboration, and include no response from Ukrainian authorities.
• The account highlights Russia’s integration of reconnaissance drones with conventional artillery and small strike UAVs in the Donetsk theater.