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Ukraine experiences significant successes in Crimea's major operations

Russia faces significant challenges in Crimea.

SymClub
May 17, 2024
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Both fighter jets and a fuel depot (top left) were destroyed at the Russian airbase in Belbek
Both fighter jets and a fuel depot (top left) were destroyed at the Russian airbase in Belbek

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Fighter planes bring down electricity on the peninsula. - Ukraine experiences significant successes in Crimea's major operations

Inside a week, Ukraine has executed substantial assaults on the area possessed by Russia, going against global law: Wednesday and Friday nighttime on an airbase and Thursday morning on a power plant in the isle's capital.

⏺️ Satellite pictures from Maxar reveal the destruction at the Belbek base close to Sevastopol, the capital of Crimea. At the airbase on the seized peninsula, two MiG-31 fighter planes and a single Su-27 were absolutley ruined and one MiG-29 was harmed.

In clear terms, this means that the soldiers of Putin's oppressive regime in Russia (71) have few fewer airplanes to terrorise the Ukrainian civilian populace with bombings.

Also, a fuel stockpile next to the airfield's runway was demolished, and the rubble continued burning for hours.

An extensive drone attack in Crimea likewise induced widespread power cuts in Sevastopol on Friday early morning.

The governor of the city, as well as home for the prominent Russian Black Sea Fleet's major base, Mikhail Razvoshaev, mentioned that the drone attack prompted damage to the city's power plant. It might take a full day for the electric grid to completely recuperate.

Drone attacks: explosions in southern Russia

A destroyed Russian MiG-31 at the Belbek airbase on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula

Ukraine has moreover seemingly carried out attacks in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar.

⏺️ On Friday early morning, an oil processing center in Tuapse was attacked by drones, as well as there were explosions in the vital Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The key port, a petroleum terminal and a Transneft plant (oil pipelines) were assaulted there. Local transportation and the electric grid in the city were paralyzed.

The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, expressed that remnants from drones blown asunder had generated several flames, but there was no one wounded.

Altogether, Russian authorities talked about around 100 Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday. As per Russian reports, a woman and her 4-year-old boy were killed in the Belgorod area when a drone destroyed their car. The father and another man were wounded.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that six unmanned explosive boats were obliterated in the Black Sea. Ukraine employs these drone-like ships to target vessels from the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Ukraine now routinely blazes towards Russian targets in the hinterland of the bordering state to cease military supplies. Conjointly with western support, the country, which has been combatting Russia's war of aggression for over 2 years, has notably improved its own drone fabrication.

An oil terminal in the main port of Novorossiysk burns after a Ukrainian drone attack

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