An attack on them should greatly worry the Russian command.
Explosions at an ammunition warehouse near Dzhankoy in Crimea occupied by the Russian Federation and the incident at the air base in Gvardiysk in the center of the peninsula should cause great concern to the Russian authorities, according to British intelligence analysts.
“Dzhankoy and Gvardiysk are a center for of the two most important Russian military airfields in Crimea. “Dzhankoy is also a key road and railway hub that plays an important role in securing Russian operations in southern Ukraine,” the British Ministry of Defense says.
And although the exact cause of the explosions and the scale of the damage are not yet clear, the Russian command will most likely be very concerned about the obvious deterioration of security in Crimea, which functions as a rear area for the occupation of Ukraine.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 17 August 2022
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The American Institute study of war” (ISW) notes that the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the temporarily occupied Dzhanka disrupted the logistics of supplying weapons to the Russian army south of Zaporizhzhia and in Melitopol.
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At the same time, there is no indication that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used US-supplied weapons during the latest strikes in Crimea, and it is unlikely that they used them, since the targets are far beyond the range of the provided systems.
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