Ukraine targets Russian-occupied Crimea in air attack
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Ukraine said it targeted a Russian command post near the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.
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KYIV - Ukraine said it targeted a Russian command post near the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on Jan 4 in an aerial attack that Russia said wounded one person.
Kyiv has struck the Russian-controlled peninsula throughout the war, launching missiles and drones at Sevastopol in a bid to suppress Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet.
“Today at around 3pm (9pm Singapore time), the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a command post of the Russian occupation forces near Sevastopol,” the Ukrainian army said, without elaborating.
The sound of projectiles whooshing overhead could be heard in videos shared by Crimean social media channels, as air raid sirens blared in the background.
Russia said its air defences shot down 10 guided missiles over the peninsula, and that it had foiled what it called a “terrorist attack” by Kyiv’s forces.
One person was wounded after shrapnel hit a house, Sevastopol’s Russian-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said, while shell fragments fell across the city.
A separate Ukrainian missile flying over the Russian region of Lipetsk, about 250km from the border, was also shot down on Jan 4, Moscow’s Defence Ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed in his New Year’s address last week to wreak “wrath” against Russian forces in 2024, warning Kyiv had upped domestic production.
His Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised to intensify strikes on Ukraine after an unprecedented attack on the Russian city of Belgorod over the weekend that Moscow blamed on Ukraine. AFP
