The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army admitted for the first time on Wednesday that Ukraine had carried out operations aimed at striking Russian bases in annexed Crimea. He added that this type of operation could multiply. Explosions sounded in early August at a Russian airfield in Crimea.
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zaluzhny, for the first time admitted on Wednesday that he had carried out missile strikes that targeted Russian bases in annexed Crimea in August, threatening to continue this type of operation. Ukraine has “successfully carried out missile strikes on enemy military bases, including Saki airfield”, he wrote in an article published by the state-run Ukrinform news agency.
Explosions had sounded at the beginning of August on this Russian aerodrome located in Crimea and had caused one death and several injuries and destroyed in particular ammunition intended for military aviation. Until then, kyiv had not officially acknowledged responsibility for this attack, nor for another which hit an ammunition depot in northern Crimea a few days later.
kyiv wants more long-range weapons
“The task of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2023” is to continue to “shift hostilities” to this peninsula, where Moscow has “large groupings of troops” for its invasion, added the military official.
Valery Zaloujny, who rarely speaks in the media, called on Ukraine’s Western supporters to send more long-range weapons. The range of Russian cruise missiles reaches 2,000 km, while that of Ukrainian forces does not exceed 100 km, he said.