The Ukrainian army on Sunday struck space communication center in the annexed Crimea, Ukrainian and foreign sources reported, quoted by the Russian service of the BBC.
According to the Ukrainian press, the attack was carried out with eight ATACMS missiles. Ukrainian Telegram channels, citing local residents, reported the strike itself late Sunday evening, but at this time there is no information about the targets and results of the strike.
On Monday morning, the Ukrainian Telegram channel "Crimean Wind" posted a video of a fire at night, which allegedly broke out on the territory of the center in Vitino, in the northwestern part of Crimea.
Defense Express published NASA satellite images on Monday showing fires at two locations on the Space Communications Center.
The publication recalls that this center is known as the "40th separate command and measurement complex", NIP-16, military unit 81415.
It is not yet clear what damage the center sustained as a result of the latest impact.
If the NIP-16 space tracking and communication center was indeed partially destroyed, then Russia has lost part of its capabilities in the field of space communications. In addition, this center is critical for the control of Russian military and civilian satellites. According to experts, the interruptions could affect the ability of the Russian army to direct its missiles,", the Telegram channel of the German publication Bild writes in Russian.