Ukraine said its forces attacked two Russian patrol ships operating in the Black Sea and destroyed a sophisticated surface-to-air missile defence system in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made special reference to the Crimea attack in his nightly message to the nation on Thursday.
A Ukrainian intelligence source said that aerial combat drones first incapacitated the Russian air defence system by attacking its radar and antenna and that two Neptune cruise missiles were fired and had destroyed the defence system's launchers. Washington, DC-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War , said on Thursday that the reported destruction of the Russian S-400"Triumf" surface-to-air missile system based in Crimea in a"special operation" points to serious issues in Russia's defence of the occupied peninsula.
A"second Ukrainian strike on a significant Russian air defence system in recent weeks indicates that such tactical failures may reflect a wider systemic issue with Russian air defences in occupied Crimea", the think tank said.
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