The latest strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on airfields in occupied Crimea caused significant damage to the military infrastructure. It also shows the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense in protecting key locations.
Russian air defence cannot defend its locations
As noted in the summary, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stated that on January 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Russian facilities at the airfields in Saky and Sevastopol.
These attacks highly likely degraded the awareness and cover of Russian air defenses over the Crimean region, the report says.
In response, Russia launched a series of missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine on January 8, targeting several cities, including Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia.
This once again demonstrates the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense in protecting key locations, despite their prepared preparedness. The scale of the Russian response is likely indicative the level of success achieved by Ukrainian armed forces' actions on January 4, 2024, the British Ministry of Defense notes.
What is known about the strikes in Crimea
According to the DIU, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, as a result of strikes on January 4, ammunition depots and the positions of radar stations were destroyed.
In addition, the AFU Strategic Communications Department stated that a junction point of Russian troops was hit near occupied Sevastopol. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' Air Force commander, Mykola Oleschuk, said that the operation was carried out with the help of Ukrainian pilots.
After that, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Shahed kamikaze drones and more than 50 missiles of various types during the night and morning of January 8. Air defence forces managed to destroy 26 targets.
