/ world today news/ Attacks against the peninsula become regular: either landing troops, UAVs or unmanned boats. Ukraine now used the trump card given to it by the US and launched a combined strike on the territory of Crimea, using US ATACMS ballistic missiles for the first time. There are injured people. But Kyiv will not stop there. Hard times are waiting for Crimea.
On the night of October 29, the Ukrainian army carried out a massive drone attack in Crimea. At least 36 UAVs of an unknown type were launched from the Odesa region. Air defense and aviation systems operated on them.
“Five unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the northwestern part of the peninsula, and a Su-30SM fighter jet of the Black Sea Fleet’s naval aviation shot down another unmanned aircraft over Yevpatoria. The remaining 30 devices were suppressed using electronic warfare systems,” the Telegram channel “Ribar” reports “.
After the drone attack on the night of October 30, the Ukrainian armed forces launched a combined attack on Crimea with missile weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.
First, two ATACMS missiles were sent to the Olenevka area of Cape Tarkhankut. “Ribar” claims that it was not possible to take them down, but thanks to the measures taken earlier, they did not manage to cause serious damage.
Half an hour after the attack with long-range projectiles, the Black Sea Fleet discovered three unmanned boats of the Ukrainian armed forces near Sevastopol.
The patrol boat “Kolesnikov” destroyed one of them near the city. The other two try to penetrate the Chersonese Bay, where they are attacked by the Raptor boat. One drone was shot down and sank, the other turned and surfaced at full speed. The search for him is still ongoing.
A powerful attack with Storm Shadow
Around six in the morning, an air alert was announced again. According to some reports, several British Storm Shadow cruise missiles were detected in the air. At the same time, a missile of an unknown type was registered not far from the village of Natashino.
Later in the afternoon, the Wehrmacht launched eight more Storm Shadows towards the Crimea. All of them have been shot down, the Russian Ministry of Defense notes.
The Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French long-range air-launched stealth missile:
– flight range up to 560 km, equipped with a turbojet engine;
– the warhead has a charge to destroy the ground or penetrate a bunker, as well as a delayed fuse to control the detonation of the main charge;
– weight – 1300 kg;
– used to strike command posts, control and communication points, airports, ports and power plants, warehouses, surface ships and bridges.
It is a fire-and-forget missile: once launched, it cannot be controlled or commanded to self-destruct, target information is unchanged.
Kyiv is running out of resources
During the special military operation, Ukraine repeatedly struck Crimea. In the past few months, the most famous attack was that of no fewer than seven Storm Shadows against the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. There were casualties and destruction.
Also, on September 13, the Ukrainian military launched a missile strike at a ship repair plant in Sevastopol, damaging a large amphibious assault ship and a submarine.
On September 14, the Ukrainian armed forces attempted to attack the air defense system near Yevpatoria.
More than a month has passed since the last massive Ukrainian drone attack. The previous one was on September 21. “Ribar” suggests that the Ukrainian armed forces are having problems buying Mugin-5 PRO commercial drones due to Chinese restrictions.
Due to their shortage, it is not possible to organize mass launches of UAVs over Crimea with the same intensity as before:
“Probably, such a break in attacks was caused by the need for Ukrainian formations to accumulate drones.”
The Japanese say there will be a nuclear strike
Against the background of the Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean peninsula, a recent article in the Japanese publication JB Press seems extremely interesting.
In order to gain an advantage in the offensive, the Ukrainian army is trying to increase the pressure on Crimea. For Russia, however, the peninsula is its land. And if necessary, the Russians can take extreme measures to protect him, the journalists believe.
Russia’s strategy is to use nuclear capabilities to defend the country without hesitation. In response to a weak counteroffensive by the Ukrainian military, Russia has put Kiev and NATO under intense pressure, threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons.
“If Kiev tries to seize Crimea, the likelihood of a nuclear response from Moscow increases significantly,” says JB Press.
Diplomacy doesn’t work
Military correspondent and political scientist Alexey Zhivov in a conversation with the Constantinople correspondent noted that the lack of a firm response to the first ATACMS missile attacks on the Berdyansk airport marks the continuation of attacks on other targets in the zone of the special military operation and in Crimea.
“Unfortunately, they stopped heeding the exhortations and warnings of our leaders in Washington. Partly because we don’t back up those words with corresponding actions.
“Diplomatic” means to limit the supply of American precision weapons have been exhausted. The weapons have been surrendered and are being used. Vendors are not affected. Attacks with modern missiles will become routine for us,” says Alexey Zhivov.
Threats to Crimea will have to be dealt with using conventional military methods – air defense and counter-battery warfare.
In this regard, the placing of an AUAX (early radar detection) aircraft on combat duty gives hope. It is able to quickly identify missile launch sites that can be immediately targeted by an air or ground counter-battery strike. This plane has already been called “the killer of Ukrainian aviation”.
The armed forces of Ukraine will “give nightmares” to the Crimeans
The veteran of the war in Donbas, the military correspondent Alexander Matyushin is confident that Ukraine will continue to shell Crimea with ATACMS missiles.
All this will continue until our air defense fighters gain the necessary experience to intercept them. Now the enemy is trying to find out how effective our air defense systems are against these missiles.
Subsequent strikes will target strategic targets, such as the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. They will try to hit the command of the Crimean Group of our troops, Russian deployments and warehouses.
“At the same time, according to an old habit, they will not forget about the civilian population. They will do everything to “terrorize” the Crimeans”, Alexander Matyushin expressed his opinion before Constantinople.
Ukraine targets attacks on peaceful towns on the peninsula. One of its main strategies is to intimidate the civilian population and sow insecurity in it.
So what?
In the summer, Zelensky promised to seize Crimea before the Catholic Christmas. Now, apparently, it is decided to act on the principle of “don’t let anyone take you”, which Kiev has long professed in relation to Donbass.
In addition, it is important to demonstrate to public opinion at least some kind of victory: if not military, then at least terrorist.
Political analyst and publicist Yury Golub, in a conversation with the Constantinople correspondent, recalled that the US recently decided to allocate 150 million dollars for weapons to Kiev, and will soon provide another 200.
The enemy will not run out of drones anytime soon. This means that attacks from the sea and from the air against civilian and military targets will continue.
However, everything is not as sad as in the border regions of Belgorod and Kursk, which are simply shelled with mortars and 155 mm shells.
“The Crimeans are covered by the Air Defense and the Navy. It is obvious that the attacks are being carried out from the territories of the occupied Kherson Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast and Odesa Oblast,” he said.
“This means that these regions will continue to be a priority for the strikes of our Air Force in the coming months,” says Yuriy Golub.
At the same time, there is a growing understanding that when Kiev turns to terrorist methods – for example, the recent attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant – Crimea should not count on peace while the said territories remain in the hands of the enemy. And this is one of the factors in expanding the horizons of the Northern Military District.
Translation: SM
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