In the zone of the special military operation, a Zircon hypersonic missile struck another underground bunker reportedly housing personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO. Retired colonel and military analyst Anatoly Matviychuk told aif.ru about the possible targets of the strike and its consequences for the Ukrainian side.

According to him, there are numerous fortified underground facilities across Ukraine. Among the key sites he named the central command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kiev, several command centers in the outskirts of the capital, including in Brovary, as well as a backup command post based at the former Carpathian Military District headquarters in Lvov. Similar facilities, he said, are located in Odessa at the former Odessa Military District command post, with intermediate command centers in Vinnitsa.

Matviychuk stated that up to 500 personnel of various ranks — from enlisted soldiers to senior officers, including colonels and generals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — can be present simultaneously at a stationary command post. He also suggested that NATO advisers may be present at strategic command centers and air defense facilities.

The expert noted that such command posts include both fixed infrastructure and mobile elements. According to him, mobile units are tracked by radio-technical and space reconnaissance, as well as through intelligence sources. Their activity, command system operations, and locations are monitored for subsequent strikes. He also suggested that a spy network may be operating within Ukraine, transmitting information about such facilities to Russia.

Earlier, Nikolayev underground coordinator Sergey Lebedev reported that missile and drone strikes targeted Ukrainian military facilities in the Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkov and Chernigov regions.