The Ukrainian military fired at Crimea using ATACMS missiles. This was announced by the chairman of the occupation movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov, the head of the annexed Crimea Sergei Aksenov writes about the consequences of the attack.
According to the governor, after the air defense shot down ATACMS missiles in the Simferopol region of Crimea, undetonated submunitions scattered , which may be dangerous. The head of the annexed republic did not report other details of the attack.
As pro-government blogger Alexander Talipov writes, Ukraine fired “approximately 8-9 missiles” toward Dzhankoy and the Simferopol region of Crimea. “The launch was carried out from HIMARS installations from temporarily occupied Kherson and Berislav <…> The main targets of the missiles were our air defense systems,” Talipov’s post says. According to him, all the missiles were shot down and “the Ukrainian Armed Forces have nothing to boast about.”
At the same time, ASTRA reports an attack on the military airfield in Dzhankoy and military units. According to the telegram channel, the missiles were used to attack a military unit in the village of Donskoye, Simferopol region. A fire broke out on the territory of the unit; there were casualties, but the exact number is unknown.
As a result of the attack on the airfield in Dzhankoy, five servicemen were injured. In addition, military installations of the 31st Air Defense Division in the Black Sea and Saki regions of Crimea came under fire. Four soldiers were injured in the Black Sea region.
On April 24, Reuters, citing an American official, reported that the United States secretly supplied Ukraine with ATACMS long-range missiles. According to the agency's source, the transferred missiles were used in Crimea on April 17 during an attack on a military airfield in Dzhankoy.