💥 Attack

Twelve Ukrainian missiles struck a Russian military airfield near Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea.

April 17, 2024 Dzhankoi, Crimea

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

White House reversed ban ATACMS missiles deeper inside Russia using American weapons.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukraine first used these missiles on the morning of 17 April to strike a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea, some 165 km away from the front line in Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine destroyed several units of military equipment in an attack on a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi on April 17

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