SBU Special Ops Strike Three Warships and MiG-31 Jet in Occupied Crimea
Kyiv Post • • world
Key Points:
- Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) special forces conducted a major overnight strike on Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, focusing on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters and key vessels at Sevastopol naval base and Belbek airfield.
- The raid damaged the landing ships Yamal and Filchenkov, the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs, destroyed a MiG-31 fighter jet, and hit technical and operational units at Belbek airfield.
- The operation also targeted Kremlin’s regional surveillance and defense infrastructure, disabling a radar station, hitting a training center, and striking a radio intelligence headquarters for air defense.
- Acting SBU head Yevhenii Khmara stated the mission aimed to dismantle Russia’s airspace control and protective capabilities, continuing a series of recent successful strikes against Russian military assets.
- These actions form part of a sustained Ukrainian campaign to degrade Russia’s Black Sea Fleet operational capacity and disrupt logistical infrastructure supporting the war effort.
