The results of the Ukrainian strikes on Crimea have become known
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As a result of the attack on Crimea on 4 January, a Russian command post was hit and the peninsula's defence system was damaged, the head of the press centre of the Defence Forces of southern Ukraine, Nataliya Humenyuk, has said
According to her, the Ukrainian military also worked on the direction of the new deployment of kamikaze drones.
The Ukrainian intelligence also commented on the attack on Crimea on 4 January:
"While additional reconnaissance and data collection is underway and when it is possible and appropriate, this information will be reported. We can state that some of the targets are defeated and such work of Ukrainian defenders will continue,” – said the representative of the GU MoD Andrey Yusov.
Context: On 4 January, occupation authorities in Sevastopol said the city had been subjected to "the most massive attack in recent times", while the Russian Defence Ministry said air defence systems had allegedly shot down 10 Ukrainian missiles over Crimea.
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