Occupiers are trying to restore the bombed airfield in Melitopol

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – MONDAY, 25 JULY 2022, 14:36

The occupiers are trying to rebuild the airfield in Melitopol with the help of a local concrete plant.

Source: Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Quote: "The occupiers in Melitopol are trying to restore the runway of the airfield at the former base of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade. For this purpose, the production facilities of the Monolit Plus concrete production plant have been partially restored.

However, it is unlikely that the runway will be completely repaired and put into operation in the near future. After all, technologically, such work requires 21-28 days for the concrete to gain the necessary strength and be able to withstand the load of aeroplanes and other equipment without losing its properties."

Details: According to intelligence, the occupiers plan to use the production facilities of the concrete plant to strengthen the defence lines by erecting long-term firing points on a reinforced concrete base.

In addition, it is reported that there is an enemy freight train near the grain elevator in the temporarily occupied Melitopol.

It consists of 8 covered cargo wagons with the inscription "agro-frigate". The wagons are being loaded with grain. They then plan to take them illegally to the territory of the Russian Federation.

The Main Directorate of Intelligence also reports that the invaders are using the building where the structural unit of the State Security Service in Melitopol was located to hold Ukrainian citizens. There is evidence that detainees are being tortured.

Background: 

• On the night of 23-24 July, explosions rang out at the airfield of occupied Melitopol, and in the Melitopol district, partisans damaged the railway used by the Russians to transport military personnel and equipment.

On 3 July, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported that the military base of the occupiers at the Melitopol airfield had been destroyed by the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.