Russia hunts for Ukrainian warplanes used in Crimea strikes – Kyiv

Russia hunts for Ukrainian warplanes used in Crimea strikes – Kyiv

Published September 15,2023


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Kyiv mentioned on Friday a Russian drone assault in a single day on a area that hosts a Ukrainian navy airfield confirmed Moscow was looking for warplanes concerned in strikes this week on Russian-occupied Crimea.

Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned Russia had fired 17 “kamikadze” drones on the central Khmelnytskyi area that’s house to the Starokostiantyniv air base, which has been attacked repeatedly through the battle. In a press release, it mentioned it downed all of them.

Debris broken 12 properties and shattered home windows in a college, however nobody was damage, regional official Serhiy Tiurin mentioned.

“Khmelnytskyi region was attacked. We understand what the enemy is looking for: where the command has hidden our bombers after the events that happened recently in the sea near Crimea,” Air Force Colonel Yuriy Ihnat mentioned in televised feedback.

Russia, which invaded Ukraine practically 19 months in the past, didn’t instantly touch upon his remarks.

Ukraine mentioned it performed a missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea’s port of Sevastopol early on Wednesday, and that it critically broken two naval vessels.

Kyiv has not mentioned which missiles have been used. Sky News reported that British-supplied Storm Shadows cruise missiles fired by Ukrainian warplanes have been concerned within the operation

Russia seized and annexed the strategic Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

Source: www.anews.com.tr