"The SBU source called the Pantsir "a key link" in Russia's air defense network and said each system that has been destroyed weakens its ability to defend Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The peninsula is home to key military facilities that have been used to support the Kremlin's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian drones also targeted two oil depots on the peninsula, the source said."
"One attack hit a fuel storage facility in Hvardiiske, causing a large fire, and another targeted infrastructure in Komsomolska. Russia's defense ministry said it shot down five Ukrainian drones over Crimea earlier on Wednesday. The SBU source said that the security agency "continues its systematic work to destroy air defense systems that cover Crimea and oil depots that provide fuel to the enemy," according to a translation of their remarks. They said that every deep-strike operation, like the one overnight, hurts Russia's "military and logistical potential.""
Long-range Ukrainian attack drones struck a Pantsir surface-to-air missile system and multiple radar stations in occupied Crimea, knocking out a $20 million air-defense asset. The strikes also hit two oil depots, including a fuel storage facility in Hvardiiske that caught fire and infrastructure in Komsomolska. Russia's defense ministry reported shooting down five Ukrainian drones over Crimea during the incidents. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) described efforts to systematically destroy air-defense systems and fuel depots to weaken Russia's military and logistical capabilities supporting operations from the peninsula.
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