The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reports on the results of the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Crimea
7 January, 2024 SCALP EG missile under the wing of the Ukrainian Su-24M bomber.
2023. Photo credits: Ukrainian Air Force On January 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a complex special operation in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine reported on this. The press service of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine released a satellite image capturing the results of the destruction of a Russian military facility on the peninsula. The targets of the attack, carried out by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Air Force, along with other defense forces, were Russian radar positions at the Saky military air base and an ammunition depot near the village of Hryshyne.
The report notes that space intelligence data confirmed the successful fire damage to the Russian invaders' ammunition depot near Hryshyno.
A damaged Russian military facility near the village of Hryshyne in occupied Crimea, January 4, 2024. Photo credits: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
The satellite image features a group of buildings, the top of which was damaged. However, it is not clear what kind of Russian ammunition was stored in these buildings, as the photo shows no secondary detonation after the hit.
Information on other invaders' losses in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is currently being clarified. As previously reported, according to the official Telegram channel of Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the strike on military targets of the Russian invaders in occupied Crimea was carried out by combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. Su-24 tactical bombers equipped with Storm Shadow cruise missiles were likely involved in the strike.
At that time, Crimean social networks reported an explosion on the territory of a military unit (military unit 03121) of the 31st Air Defense Division in Crimea. The explosion took place in the city of Sevastopol, where the 222nd air defense communication center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is located.
According to local residents, two missiles were spotted in the sky, one of which hit the territory of the military unit.
The territory of the military unit of the 222nd air defense communication center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (45.201653, 33.320523).
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The explosion also occurred on the territory of the 5H84A Oborona-14 radar post in Yevpatoria, which is monitoring the airspace.
The Russian military unit in Yevpatoria is located at coordinates 45.201653, 33.320523, and it is located in Sevastopol at coordinates 44.536456, 33.513872.