Ukrainian forces launched a campaign with US ATACMS missiles to damage and destroy Russian air defenses in Crimea and western Russia, targeting S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile positions across the peninsula.
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In mid-May Ukrainian forces, following the long-awaited delivery of powerful US ATACMS missiles, kicked off a campaign to damage and destroy Russian air defenses in Crimea and western Russia, targeting longstanding S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile positions across the peninsula
Attacks on May 15 at Belbek airfield damaged or destroyed two MiG-31s
Satellite imagery shows traces of a massive fire at the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea following a Ukrainian precision strike believed to have involved multiple missiles
NASA's FIRMS orbital fire monitoring system detected multiple large fires encompassing the southern part of the airfield over a two-hour period
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