A missile attack on the occupied Crimea was carried out at night
24 May, 2024 Explosions near Alushta in the temporarily occupied Crimea. May 23, 2024 A missile attack on the occupied Crimea was carried out at nightLate in the evening of May 23, explosions occurred in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Militarnyi reported on this. The sounds of explosions were heard in a number of cities, including: Simferopol, Saky, Alushta, Yalta, Dzhankoi, and Yevpatoria. Local media reported on missile hits and the work of Russian air defense.
The so-called "authorities" claimed a missile attack from Ukraine. Telegram channels released a video from eyewitnesses showing a series of explosions near Alushta on the southern coast of Crimea.
Subsequently, the head of the occupation administration, Sergey Aksyonov, said that "a hit on an empty commercial facility was recorded near Alushta." At the same time, local Telegram channels wrote that the target of the attack near Alushta was probably the Russian communication facility. The Atesh resistance movement claims that the missiles hit the Russian invaders' communication center (military unit 28735) in the village of Soniachnohirske. This military unit is an important point of communication and control of the invaders in Crimea.
A facility in Crimea that allegedly came under a missile attack on May 23, 2024
The Crimean Wind Telegram channel claims that at least six ATACMS missiles hit a Russian army communications center.
The antenna of a space surveillance station and several buildings nearby have allegedly been hit. This facility was used by the Russian military after the seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula. In the morning, Russia said that three ATACMS ballistic missiles had allegedly been shot down over the temporarily occupied Crimea at night.
Destroyed Russian MiG-31 fighter jets at the Belbek Air Base in temporarily occupied Crimea.
May 2024. Photo credits: Maxar
As previously reported, two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets had been destroyed in a large-scale combined strike on May 14-15 in Crimea.
In addition, elements of the S-400 SAM system covering the airbase had been destroyed.