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No Onyx missile attacks may indicate successful targeting of Russian bases in Crimea

27 July, 2023 Thursday
20:30

Operational Command South's press center head Natalia Humeniuk says that Russia is still capable of producing Kh-101 and Kh-555 air-launched missiles

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She said this on Espreso TV. 

"The threat to Ukraine remains from the sea, from land and from the air. The enemy has a fleet, air force, and coastal missile systems. In particular, the absence of attacks with Onyx missiles may indicate the successful destruction of Russian bases in Crimea’s Dzhankoi, but we have not yet received absolute confirmation," said Humeniuk.

The 1st Rank Captain added that the Russian forces are capable of using air-launched missiles.

"Due to a certain pause, which was necessary for the production of missiles, the occupying Russian forces used Kh-101 and Kh-555 missiles. In addition, the invading army has a stockpile of Kh-22s, which are being modernized to the level of Kh-32. The Russian troops have a lot of Iskander missiles of the K category, which are identical to the Kalibrs and M category, which are ballistic missiles," emphasized Humeniuk.

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  • On the morning of July 24, locals in the temporarily occupied Crimea heard powerful explosions. The head of the occupation authorities of the peninsula, Sergey Aksyonov, said that Ukrainian drones allegedly hit an ammunition depot in the Dzhankoi district.

What the Russian Defense Ministry says

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the night of July 24, an "attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack" on targets on the Crimean peninsula was allegedly stopped. It claims that 17 drones were launched from Ukraine.

According to them, 14 Ukrainian UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare, 11 of which crashed in the Black Sea and 3 more went down on the peninsula.

In addition, three UAVs were allegedly destroyed by air defense. The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that there were no casualties as a result of the "terrorist attack."

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