In the temporarily occupied Crimea, unknown drones have been appearing more frequently. Their main target is often enemy air defence systems.
Air defence systems are usually densely located on the territories of airfields, which is why explosions are often heard there. Retired Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, flight instructor, and military expert Roman Svitan in an interview with Channel 24 explained how more enemy defence systems can be destroyed.
On the night of May 16, there were massive attacks on important military infrastructures of the Crimean peninsula. Explosions were heard in Sevastopol, Yalta, Alupka, and several other settlements.
It is likely that attacks on enemy air defence systems continued. Our intelligence received additional information and tried to strike Russian military targets. There are over a hundred of them. Anti-aircraft missile systems are usually tied to airfield positions, so the strikes are aimed at the air defense and warehouses, - said Roman Svitan.
In general, it is quite difficult for the Russians to defend Crimea from air attacks because it is practically surrounded by seas. However, strikes on the peninsula need to be massive for the effects to be truly effective. Moreover, not only missiles or drones should fly towards Crimea, but also many decoys.
The point is that this will not only exhaust Russian air defence but also cause the aggressor country significant economic losses due to the use of anti-aircraft missiles on decoys. Because of this, the occupiers may take aircraft into the air; however, Ukraine can "minus" them too. In particular, modernized sea drones Magura V7 can help in this. There is a known case when they destroyed a Russian Su-30.
"It’s necessary to simply intensify this work. Crimea needs to be ’haunted’ for weeks with drones and missiles. They will lose their air defence, and they will have to scrape together systems from all over Russia and bring them to Crimea," explained the military expert.