One of Putin’s biggest military humiliations: foreign media about the destruction of Russian missiles in Dzhankoy
Ukrainian military intelligence claims that the Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were destroyed as a result of an explosion during transportation by railway in Dzhankoy in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Last October, as a result of explosions, the bridge across the Kerch Strait connecting Crimea with Russia was significantly damaged. This became one of the biggest military humiliations faced by dictator Vladimir Putin since he ordered a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, writes Sky News.
In February, retired US general Ben Hodges, who commanded US troops in Europe, said in a comment to journalists that Ukraine has a real chance to liberate Russian-occupied Crimea by the end of the summer if it receives long-range missiles, The Kyiv Independent reports.
Intelligence did not say how many missiles were destroyed and how. On the video, which spread on social networks, you can see a strong explosion. It is likely that the drone crashed into the railway in Dzhankoy.
Serhiy Aksyonov, the “head” of Crimea appointed by the occupiers, admitted that the Russian air defense system was firing in the area. Debris damaged a house and a shop, one person was injured, he claims.
In recent weeks, Russia has tried to advance in several directions in the east of Ukraine, but since last summer it has not captured any significant Ukrainian city, The Wall Street Journal journalists remind.
Ukrainian officials have said that Russian attacks elsewhere are failing. The intensity of the shelling of the city of Vugledar, southwest of Donetsk, has decreased due to the huge losses suffered by Russia, said the spokesman of the United Press Center of the Defense Forces of the Tavria Region, Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi.
This forced Russia to replenish the severely depleted forces there with reserves from other parts that were in poor condition, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing the Ukrainian military.
