File image.
A missile strikes hit a facility used by Kiev forces to assemble and store searborne suicide drones in the Odessa region on May 17, Russian media reported.
Video footage of the strike on the facility, which is located near the settlement of Dachne to the northwest of Odessa city, was posted to social media.
Kiev forces said that the Russian military launched Iskander-M ground-launched tactical ballistic missiles and three Kh-59/69 air-launched cruise missiles at Odessa. Casualties were also reported by Ukrainian media. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the strike yet.
Kiev forces attempted to attack the Crimean Peninsula using at least 21 searborne suicide drones on May 16 and 17. All the drones were however intercepted and destroyed by the patrol boats and helicopters of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet.
The missile strike on the drone facility in Dachne was likely carried out based on information collected as a result of the recent failed attack on Crimea.
The attack was a part of a wave of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes that targeted the Peninsula and several other Russian regions during the week.
The missile strike on Dachne was likely just the start of the Russian response to recent Ukrainian attacks. More strikes with missiles and drones will likely target vital targets, like military and energy production facilities, in Ukraine in the coming days.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence
NOW hosted at southfront.press
Previously, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.org.
The .org domain name had been blocked by the US (NATO) (https://southfront.press/southfront-org-blocked-by-u-s-controlled-global-internet-supervisor/) globally, outlawed and without any explanation
Back before that, from 2013 to 2015, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.com
