Kyiv said that it successfully hit a Russian missile defense system docked in Crimea on Thursday, adding to the list of attacks along the Black Sea peninsula.
, captured an explosion near the area where a Russian S-400 system had recently been deployed in Yevpatoria, as well as"subsequent smoke plumes" coming from the site of the explosion.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on its Telegram channel that its air defense systems had interceptedover the Crimean Peninsula on Thursday, but did not acknowledge any strikes in the region. "The strike suggests that Russian forces were unprepared to intercept missiles with the system or were unable to do so," the ISW wrote in its assessment.
"Ukrainian forces struck a Russian S-400 air defense system near Olenivka, Crimea ... on August 23, and the second Ukrainian strike on a significant Russian air defense system in recent weeks indicates that such tactical failures may reflect a wider systemic issue with Russian air defenses in occupied Crimea," the think tank added.
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