Ukraine damaged at least three Russian military aircraft at the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat confirmed on Feb. 2. Ukraine attacked the airfield on Jan. 31, using Scalp/Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, a military source told Ukrainska Pravda. Ihnat confirmed the attack that damaged aircraft also […]
Ukraine has shared extraordinary footage of what it says is the sinking of a Russian ship. The claimed drone attack on Wednesday night sank the Ivanovets, Ukraine said. Russia has not commented on the incident, which Business Insider wasn’t able to independently verify. Ukrainian forces claim to have sunk a Russian Black Sea Fleet warship […]
Ukraine has certain “tools” at its disposal that means it can strike Russian military targets occupying Crimea “methodologically and regularly,” Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force, said in an interview with Radio Svoboda on Feb. 1. Videos emerged on local Telegram channels on Jan. 31 showing a series of explosions in Russian-occupied Crimea. […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on Feb. 1 that its operatives sunk a Russian Tarantul-class Ivanovets missile corvette from the Black Sea Fleet overnight off of occupied Crimea. Ukraine’s military intelligence released a video of a naval drone approaching a ship and an ensuing explosion. The accompanying message […]
Ukraine launched a massive missile barrage against four Russian military positions in occupied Crimea on Wednesday. The head of Ukraine’s air force praised a “cleansing of Crimea from the Russian presence”, and indicated that British Storm Shadow missiles fired from Kyiv’s jets were used in the raid. It came a day after Ukrainian forces struck […]
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced its verdict on Ukraine’s complaint against Russia concerning the latter’s violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Source: European Pravda correspondent Details: The ICJ has completed its consideration of Ukraine’s complaint relating to accusations filed against Russia in 2017. […]
The United Nations International Court of Justice has announced the date of ruling in Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia regarding the violation of the latest conventions on the prohibition of terrorist financing and the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination on 25 January. Source: European Pravda Details: The decision of the UN Court on this […]
Epicentr K stores continued to operate in Crimea and occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts since 2014 after the company lost control over them, Ukrainian MP and co-owner of the Epicentr K hypermarket chain, Oleksandr Hereha, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Jan. 17. “After the annexation of Crimea, our company lost […]
Yurii Ihnat, the spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, has said that the Russians have deployed air defence systems to Crimea and the front line but have withdrawn them from other regions of Russia. Source: Ihnat in an interview with Focus Quote: “It’s 100% true that they’ve filled up the line of contact with it [air […]
Ukraine will continue to conduct special operations in occupied Crimea to sabotage Russian logistics, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Financial Times on Jan. 19. Read also: Satellite imagery confirms Russia lost Tarantul-class corvette in Sevastopol Bay Budanov emphasized the need to keep pressure on Russia, particularly in Crimea, by attacking from the […]
Ukraine will continue conducting operations in temporarily occupied Crimea in order to destroy Russian logistics, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has said. Source: Budanov in a comment for the Financial Times; DIU Quote: “Our units repeatedly entered Crimea [last year]. Our special forces will continue conducting active operations.” Details: […]
Ukraine’s top spy chief promised more intense offensives on Russian-occupied territory in Crimea soon, claiming that the Russian military has proved weaker than expected. Kyrylo Budanov, who serves as chief of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, said that 2024 will see much greater efforts to reclaim territory in Crimea. “In 2023, the […]