Ukrainian forces carried out significant drone strikes against the Lipetsk-2 Air Base near Lipetsk City and the Sverdlov Plant, a key Russian defense enterprise in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, during the night of October 19 to 20. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the strikes, led by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR), and Special Operations Forces (SSO), hit critical targets including ammunition depots, fuel storage facilities, and aircraft at the airbase, resulting in fires and secondary explosions. The base houses Su-34 fighter-bom…