Russia is building up air defence near Simferopol, weakening other parts of the frontline
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- Mariia Khamitsevych
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9:35, 13 January, 2025
Russians are building up air defence forces near Simferopol, photo: partisan movement «ATESH»In the area of the military airfield «Hvardiiske» near the occupied Simferopol in Crimea, Russians are building up air defence forces and equipment. The Russian army is pulling these weapons from other parts of the frontline.
This was reported on 13 January by the partisan movement «ATESH».
Representatives of the Ukrainian underground noted that the Russians are actively using the airfield «Hvardiiske» to base their aircraft and logistics on the occupied Ukrainian peninsula.
«We have observed a significant increase in air defence systems in the area of the airfield, with many S-400 launchers and radar stations», the statement said.
Russians are building up air defence forces near Simferopol, photo: partisan movement «ATESH»
Russians are increasing air defence forces near Simferopol, photo: partisan movement «ATESH»The guerrillas also added that this facility plays a «key role» in providing air support and supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine.
In «ATESH», they showed photos of enemy air defence systems and disclosed the coordinates of the airfield.
«We note that the occupiers have deployed additional air defence assets to Crimea to protect key military facilities, thus exposing other parts of the frontline. This demonstrates the vulnerability of their defence, as well as the importance of military facilities located in Crimea for them», the underground said in a statement.
They also added that they had passed all the information they had received to the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
Russians are building up air defence forces near Simferopol, photo: partisan movement «ATESH»
Russians are building up air defence forces near Simferopol, photo: partisan movement «ATESH»Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine cannot lose tens of thousands of people to return Crimea, it can be returned diplomatically.
We would also like to remind you that Ukrainian defenders have a plan to return the Russian-occupied Crimea and destroy the illegal Kerch Bridge, but the implementation of this plan is proving to be more difficult than expected.
According to the representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Andrii Yusov, Russian troops are currently using the temporarily occupied peninsula as an important military base and strategic territory for logistics.