Ukraine's military claims attack on Russian air defence system in annexed Crimea
Ukrainian intelligence officials say President Zelenskyy's military has destroyed Russia's 'Triuf' air defence system in what is reportedly the second strike on occupied Crimea in recent days.
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00:00 Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian air defense system near the town of Yevpatoria
00:09 in annexed Crimea in an overnight drone and missile attack.
00:12 A Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters the attack destroyed a Triumf air defense
00:17 system in a joint operation of the security service of Ukraine and Navy.
00:23 Similar claim has been made by the Ukrainian media "Ukrainska Pravda" citing a source of
00:26 the security service of Ukraine.
00:28 According to these reports, first drones blinded the air defense system by attacking its radar
00:34 and antenna and then two Ukrainian-made Neptune cruise missiles were fired at the system launches.
00:41 According to this 2018 map by the Atlantic Council, a Triumf air defense system was indeed
00:48 near Yevpatoria.
00:50 This is the second consecutive strike reported against occupied Crimea in two days.
00:55 On Wednesday, an attack against a Sevastopol shipyard hit two Russian military vessels,
01:00 a landing craft and a submarine and damaged the port's infrastructure.
01:05 The Institute for the Study of War says damage to one of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's main
01:10 repair facilities in occupied Crimea will likely have a reverberating impact in the
01:14 event of further Ukrainian strikes on Russian naval assets.
01:19 Since mid-July, drones and missiles have regularly targeted Russian military depots and infrastructure
01:25 in occupied Crimea.
01:27 [SWOOSH]