2024-04-17 16:25:29
This is what the Kremlin ruler sees Wladimir Putin (71) doesn’t like it at all: Heavy explosions shook Crimea, which was illegally occupied by Russia, early on Wednesday morning. According to initial reports on relevant Telegram channels, the Russian military air base Dzhankoj was hit. A large band is said to have broken out there afterwards.
An official appointed by the Russian occupiers is said to have later ordered the closure of a road connecting the airfield and the village of Pobiedne. It is not yet clear whether another Ukrainian drone attack triggered the explosions.
A major fire broke out following the explosions
► How “Kyiv Independent” reports that Putin’s air force has stationed a helicopter regiment at the airfield, among other things; Several Russian attack helicopters such as the Ka-52 Alligator, the Mi-8, the Mi-28N and the Mi-35-N are flown from there.
The explosion is likely to have once again severely affected the Russian Air Force. At the beginning of the year, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that Russia had… Beginning of the invasion has already lost more than 300 attack helicopters on February 24, 2022. It is not clear how much Russian military equipment was destroyed this time.
Ukraine has stated, among other things, the reconquest of Crimea as a war goal. In the past there have been repeated drone attacks against Russian targets on the peninsula.
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The most spectacular attack took place in October 2022, when Selenskyjs Troops destroyed parts of the Crimean Bridge. The bridge is extremely important for the Russians because it connects the occupied peninsula with the Russian mainland.
In addition, Ukraine repeatedly managed to destroy Putin’s Navy warships stationed around Crimea. Most recently in February, when Ukraine with Kamikaze drones sank the Russian missile corvette Ivanovets.
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