The Ukrainian authorities they announced yesterday Friday that they fired missiles against of Russia’s military airport on the Crimean peninsulaused by the Russian air force to launch attacks against its territory, continuing a series of strikes against its forces Moscow in the area, which Kiev considers occupied.

In recent months, Kiev has multiplied long-range missile strikes in Crimea and claims that because of them the Black Sea fleet of the Russian Navy, based in Sevastopol, was forced to move its warships elsewhere, to safer ports. .

The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that the Saki airbase in western Crimea was hit, adding that it was still assessing the damage.

It is an air base “used by Russia to control the airspace, especially the Black Sea” and “to launch airstrikes on Ukrainian territory,” he explained.

It was not specified what type of missiles were used.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented so far.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky he alluded to the base strikes in his nightly speech, praising and thanking “our soldiers who are hitting Russian bases (…) in occupied territories” for “your precision”.

Almost two and a half years after the outbreak of the war, Ukrainian forces emphasize that they have recently struck several Russian air defense systems deployed in Crimea, including the S-300 and S-400 arrays.

Besides, on Tuesday, the Kyiv confirmed that it caused extensive damage to Russia’s last ferry capable of carrying railcars from the Russian periphery Krasnadar in the Crimea, which thus dealt a heavy blow to the supply of Moscow’s forces on the Peninsula. He claimed the ferry was being used for military purposes and added that the strike forced the Kremlin to order the withdrawal of Russian Navy ships from the Sea of ​​Azov.

The Ukrainian armed forces say they have destroyed or damaged 27 Russian warships in the Black Sea and Crimean waters.

However, on the eastern front, the Ukrainian armed forces continue to be under great pressure due to Russian attacks, President Zelensky acknowledged last night. The situation especially in Pokrovskin the region Donetskis “difficult” and is being analyzed by the military leadership, the head of state said.

As it has become the “focus of Russian attacks”, “everything” must be done to strengthen defensive positions there, he noted.