Ukraine Destroys Air Defense Network in Western Crimea Annexed by Russia

60km North of Heukhae Fleet Base
Airstrike with Drones and Missiles

Ukraine announced on the 14th (local time) that it destroyed the air defense system in the western region of the Crimean Peninsula, forcibly annexed by Russia in 2014, through a drone strike.

Ukrainian sources told major foreign media on the same day that they attacked the 'Triumph' air defense system near Yevpatoria in the western Crimean Peninsula overnight using drones and missiles.

The source explained that first, drones were launched to destroy the radar and antennas of the air defense system, neutralizing its air detection capability, and then the launch facilities of the air defense system were attacked with Ukrainian-made Neptune cruise missiles.

According to military experts, the missiles used in this attack were Neptune anti-ship missiles modified for land attack purposes.

Russia stated that it intercepted 11 attack drones launched by Ukraine overnight using its air defense network.

Yevpatoria is a major city in the western Crimean Peninsula, located about 60 km north of Sevastopol, where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is stationed.

Smoke is rising from an explosion at a Russian military ammunition depot near Mayskoye in the Crimean Peninsula.
[Photo by AP]

The day before, Ukraine attacked the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol with missiles. Two warships were destroyed, and a large fire broke out at the naval shipyard.

Ukraine acknowledged the attack and stated that it was successfully carried out, and Russia also disclosed that the Black Sea Fleet had been attacked.

It is unusual that Ukraine publicly acknowledged the attack on Crimea and that Russia announced its own damage.

Since the outbreak of the war last year, Ukraine has consistently expressed its determination to reclaim Crimea, and recently received long-range missiles Storm Shadow and SCALP from the United Kingdom and France. The range of these missiles is about 250 km. There is speculation that Storm Shadow was used in the Black Sea Fleet attack the day before.

Meanwhile, local authorities reported that one person died due to shelling in the Kursk region of western Russia, which borders Ukraine, on the same day.

Roman Starovoit, governor of Kursk, stated that shelling occurred in the village of Tetkino, resulting in a fatality, and that 10 shells fell in the nearby village of Gordiyevka.

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