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Ukraine’s Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on Russian military equipment and facilities in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Two ships, two aircraft, and a heavy multiple launch rocket system were reportedly hit.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“As part of a systematic effort to reduce the combat capabilities of the aggressor state, Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue striking military facilities and equipment of the Russian aggressor in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine,” the statement said.
In particular, on the night of February 21, two Project 22460 Okhotnik border patrol ships were hit near Inkerman in temporarily occupied Crimea. In Yevpatoria, drones struck the territory of the Yevpatoria Aviation Repair Plant and hit two Be-12 anti-submarine aircraft.
In the area of the settlement of Astrakhanka in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, drones of the Defense Forces destroyed a Russian Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system.
“Enemy losses and the final scale of the damage are being уточнені. Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue to systematically reduce the aggressor’s combat potential, depriving it of the ability to conduct offensive operations,” the General Staff added.
Previously, on February 14, Ukraine’s Defense Forces sank a Russian vessel. Drones struck a BK-16 boat near temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as other equipment, communication systems, and logistical infrastructure of the enemy.
Other notable strikes
On the night of February 21, Ukraine’s Defense Forces also carried out strikes with Flamingo cruise missiles on targets inside Russia. Among the targets was the Votkinsk plant, which produces intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with other facilities.
On February 12, Ukrainian forces conducted a series of strikes on key military sites in Russia, including an arsenal in Kotluban in Russia’s Volgograd region and a missile plant in Michurinsk.
Earlier, on the night of February 11, the Defense Forces struck the Volgograd oil refinery and several other military facilities of the enemy in temporarily occupied territories.
