{"id":2223463,"date":"2024-04-17T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-hammers-russian-base-in-crimea\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:43:42","slug":"ukraine-hammers-russian-base-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-hammers-russian-base-in-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine strikes Russian military facility in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-hammers-russian-base-in-crimea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u2064 of the provided content is about a Ukrainian strike on a Russian-occupied Crimea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-terrorists-claim-to-have-active-cells-in-washington-d-c\/\" title=\"Iranian Terrorists Claim to Have Active Cells in Washington, D.C.\">air base<\/a>\u200b that resulted\u200c in\u200d explosions, damaging Russia&#8217;s \u2063advanced S-400 \u2062air defense system. Footage circulated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-detention-for-alleged-proud-boy-whose-lawyer-blames-trump-for-capitol-incident\/\" title=\"Judge Orders Detention for Alleged Proud Boy Whose Lawyer Blames Trump for Capitol Incident\">social media showing<\/a> the impact of the attack, challenging Russian claims of\u2064 its failure.\u2064 Various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-woke-no-time-to-die-could-lose-100-million\/\" title=\"Nolte: Woke 'No Time to Die' Could Lose 0 Million\">sources suggest<\/a> different missiles were used in the strike, highlighting the destructive targeting of the base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An air base in Russian-occupied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crimea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Crimea\">Crimea<\/a> erupted with explosions after a Ukrainian strike against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Crimea\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s most advanced air defense batteries, according to Ukrainian reports and analysts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamage to the latest S-400 system has been confirmed, with the launcher being blown up and serious damage done to the other machines of the system,\u201d according to a Ukrainian resistance movement in Crimea, via a Ukrainian media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2024\/04\/17\/7451658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"translation\">translation<\/a>. \u201cThe occupiers had so much faith in their latest air defense system that they placed the missile storage points right next to the launcher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That announcement provides an explanation for footage that circulated on social media of an apparently large explosion at the Dzhankoi air base, in the northern reaches of the Crimean peninsula. Footage of the blasts rocketed across social media, undercutting Russian reports that the attack was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a Storm Shadow or French SCALP missile which took them out,\u201d a senior European official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIf you\u2019re not capable to eliminate those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">cruise missiles<\/a>, well, you\u2019re screwed. So, the S-400 is not protecting against it, so that\u2019s impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The cause of the blasts was not immediately obvious. Russian sources attribute the strike to U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. Ukrainian reports suggest that it was \u201ca series of strikes\u201d including Ukrainian ballistic missiles and cluster bombs, sequenced to maximize the destruction at the base, where Russian forces have stationed two helicopter regiments and other combat forces, as well as a hypersonic missile depot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen-source images from the NASA-operated VIIRS\/Suomi satellite network showed six major fires burning in the vicinity of the airfield, some inside aircraft revetments,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/explosions-fire-reported-at-military-airfield-in-occupied-crimea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"noted\">according to<\/a> the <em>Kyiv Independent<\/em>. \u201cThe pro-Russia milblogger Voenniy Osvedomitel said that high explosive warheads carried by ATACMS missiles hit ammunition storage sites and aviation fuel reservoirs, but its source claimed \u2018it was possible to avoid the most serious damage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That strike was followed promptly by reports of a Ukrainian military intelligence drone attack against a bomber factory in Tatarstan, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent there were no details at present on damage or casualties,\u201d the Ukrainian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/sources-hur-confirms-attack-on-russian-bomber-factory-in-tatarstan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"noted\">noted<\/a>. \u201cThat strike marked one of the deepest attacks on Russian territory since the start of the full-scale invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those operations offer Ukrainian forces and their Western backers a salutary contrast with the difficulties in eastern Ukrainian battlefields, where a shortage of ammunition and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-is-arming-mig-31-fighters-with-r-37m-hypersonic-missiles-for-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Russia Is Arming MiG-31 Fighters with R-37M Hypersonic Missiles for War in Ukraine\">air defense interceptors<\/a> has left Ukrainian troops exposed to increasingly deadly Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been some really marvelous moments,\u201d the senior European official said. \u201cTough for the land force \u2014 all the ones who are going there joining some battle units close to the front line \u2014 I\u2019m seeing they are traumatized by the losses Ukrainians are bearing. But at the same time, they are hitting farther than they [have] been able.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ukrainian strike on a Russian-occupied Crimea air base caused explosions, damaging Russia&#8217;s advanced S-400 air defense system. 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