Air defense system in Crimea and drone warehouse in Makiivka: General Staff confirms strikes on Russian army targets

Air defense system in Crimea and drone warehouse in Makiivka: General Staff confirms strikes on Russian army targets

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On the night of December 18, Defense Forces units struck several air defense targets, a drone storage facility, and other Russian army objects in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on its Facebook page.

In particular, a strike was recorded on the 55Zh6 Nebo-U radar station near Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces also struck a fuel and lubricants depot belonging to a unit of the Russian Federation's 76th Airborne Assault Division in the Prymorsk area of the Zaporizhzhia region. The extent of the damage is being assessed.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In addition, a UAV storage facility in Makiivka and a concentration of invading forces of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donetsk were hit. The losses are being clarified.

The results of the strike on December 14 on the positional area of the enemy's 568th anti-aircraft missile regiment in the Raevka area of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation have also been clarified. The destruction of two S-400 air defense systems with ammunition by soldiers of the 15th Separate Brigade of Artillery Reconnaissance “Black Forest” has been confirmed.

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As reported by Ukrinform, SSU drones struck Russian air defense systems and MiG-31s at the Belbek Airfield in Crimea.

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