Ukraine struck a space communications center near Moscow for the second time on Tuesday, June 30, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.Zelensky, in a Telegram report, described the target as a special satellite communications facility used for reconnaissance and coordination of Russia’s forces in Ukraine.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.He added that the facility is located more than 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Ukraine’s state border.According to Zelensky, it is the largest ground-based satellite communications complex in Russia and plays a key role in military communications, including controlling satellite relays used by the Russian defense ministry for command, reconnaissance, and troop coordination.He added that Ukrainian forces had previously struck four similar Russian communications sites, including in both the Moscow and Vladimir regions.“We are gradually implementing our long-range sanctions plan and making it as difficult as possible for the aggressor state to conduct aggressive operations against Ukraine and occupy our territories,” he wrote on Telegram, without specifying the damage caused in the latest strike.Zelensky also said Ukraine is preparing further operations against similar Russian facilities.Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), also commented on the operation, confirming the USF’s involvement in a sarcastic update.“Wormish space communication will continue to ‘evolve’ into quantum. For the second time in a week, the USF Birds have crammed into a space communication station in Moscow. The subscriber is out of range,” Brovdi wrote.