Ukraine continues to carry out successful strikes on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, news.de reported and newsweek.
During the attack on an air force base, an ammunition depot was allegedly destroyed, among other things. There have been reports of new losses for the Russian army in the past few days.
Ukraine celebrated the failure of Russian air defenses in annexed Crimea after powerful explosions rocked the Saki air base.
Ukrainian forces attacked annexed Crimea with four US-supplied ATACMS missiles, injuring two Russian servicemen, the Astra channel reported, citing sources in local emergency services.
Even after more than two years of full-scale war, Ukraine continues to use all means to defend itself against Russian invasion. The goal is not simply to regain territories lost since February 2022. The Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, is also on track to become Ukrainian territory again in the future. Troops from Kiev now claim to have launched another successful attack there.
An ammunition depot was hit at an air base in the western city of Novofedorovka, while a radar station was hit at a Russian air defense deployment site located next to the village of Shelkovichnoe in the Saki region.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack, saying Kiev forces "continue to destroy the military infrastructure of the Russian invaders". It is one of the operational airfields that Russia uses to control the airspace, particularly over the Black Sea region, and to carry out airstrikes on Ukrainian territory.
Attacks on Crimea have intensified during Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, as Kiev seeks to reclaim the Black Sea peninsula. The region was annexed by Moscow in 2014. Russian pro-war military bloggers have recently expressed concern about the country's ability to protect its valuable assets.