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WASHINGTON (AP) — “The United States military struck back at the Islamic State on Saturday, bombing an IS member in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at the Kabul airport.

U.S. Central Command said the U.S. conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State member in Nangahar believed to be involved in planning attacks against the U.S. in Kabul. The strike killed one individual, and spokesman Navy Capt. William Urban said they knew of no civilian casualties.

It wasn’t clear if that individual was involved specifically in the Thursday suicide blast outside the gates of the Kabul airport, where crowds of Afghans were desperately trying to get in as part of the ongoing evacuation from the country after the Taliban’s rapid takeover.

The airstrike fulfilled a vow President Joe Biden made to the nation Thursday when he said the perpetrators of the attack would not be able to hide. “We will hunt you down and make you pay,” he said. Pentagon leaders told reporters Friday that they were prepared for whatever retaliatory action the president ordered.

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Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) have reported that, among other Russian oil-related assets, “a full RVS-400 tank — designed for storing oil, petroleum products, and other liquids — was destroyed.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) said on Nov. 7 that its long-range drones struck an oil depot and logistic facilities in the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea.

The oil depot near the village of Hvardiiske, just 20 kilometers north of Simferopol, was struck, and a full RVS-400 tank — designed for storing oil, petroleum products, and other liquids — was destroyed, the Special Operations Forces claimed.

“Special Operations Forces continue to act asymmetrically in countering the enemy’s military capabilities,” Special Operations Forces said in a Telegram post, attaching drone footage of the attacks.

Russian occupational administration in Crimea has not reacted to Ukraine’s claims about the damage inflicted. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the SSO’s claims.

The SSO claimed that its drones also hit a few oil depots and fuel storage facilities in Simferopol and its surrounding area, as well as two trains with tank wagons loaded with petroleum products at a loading-unloading site.

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Photo: SSO/Telegram

"Ukrainian forces struck the Elektrodetal factory in the town of Karachev, located in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff confirmed on Sept. 29." ~ @kyivindependent_official

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. . . Ukrainian forces struck the Elektrodetal factory in the town of Karachev, located in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff confirmed on Sept. 29.

The confirmation follows earlier reports in Russian local media of a drone strike on the factory. Prior to the attack, Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz had issued a warning about a possible missile threat in the Karachev area.

Meanwhile, A Ukrainian FPV (first-person-view) drone took down a Russian Mi-28N in Donetsk Oblast, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Sept. 29.

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Photo: Ukraine's Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa/Facebook