Russia air defence unit on Mount Ai-Petri attacked with missiles in Crimea, commander killed - media

This was reported by the local Telegram channel Crimean Wind and the Russian channel ASTRA.

As a result of the attack, the territory of Russia's military unit 85683 sustained damage, and the commander Alexander Kulakov, along with another serviceman, were killed. There are reports of wounded, but the exact number is still unknown.

Preliminary, the attack was carried out by Storm Shadow missiles, ASTRA writes.

The South Coast Radar is the most famous military facility in Velyka Yalta (coordinates 44.481491, 34.033617).

Prior to the occupation of Crimea, it was home to the Ukrainian radio frequency battalion of the 40th Radio Technical Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, which housed Soviet-made radar systems Oborona, Altai and Granitsa-M, as well as Ukrainian 36DS-6.

"The occupiers have formed a unit of the 3rd Radio Frequency Regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces here. It is not known whether they have deployed new radar equipment there, but the old one is enough to control the sky over Crimea and the sea around it," writes Crimean Wind.

The 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment is a military formation within the radio engineering troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It was formed in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea by Russia. The headquarters is located in the city of Sevastopol.

• On the evening of Sunday, May 12, the temporarily occupied Crimea reported the downing of a drone near Simferopol.