Ukraine fired US-supplied missiles into Crimea in an attempt to cripple Moscow's air defense capabilities on the occupied peninsula, according to Russian media reports. It was not clear whether the missiles reached their targets, Moscow sources said they had been shot down.
The peninsula, which was annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2014, also hosts an air base, command and control center and weapons arsenal. They have been repeatedly hit by Ukrainian attacks during the invasion.
Russian military bloggers have posted on social media how an ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missile was fired at the occupied peninsula from the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Monday evening. Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian and Russian defense ministries for comment.
10 май 2024
