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Units of the Ukrainian missile forces struck the Saky airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea as part of a unified plan.

Saky, Crimea
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Censor.NET Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrinform

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Ukrainian missile forces (military_unit) Saky airfield (location) Crimea (location) Saki airfield in Novofedorivka (location) ammunition depots (location) air defence forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Novofedorivka military airfield (location) ATACMS missile (weapon_system) Shovkovychne (location) ATACMS (weapon_system) Saki military air base (location) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Saki airfield (location) Ukraine (organization) Saky military airfield (location) Simferopol (location) Ukraine Armed Forces General Staff (organization) Russian Black Sea Fleet (military_unit) Defense Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Saky air base (location) Russia (organization) Ukrainian missile units (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Defense forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the airfield "Saky" in the occupied Crimea.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Novofedorivka military airfield with ATACMS missiles, destroying a radar station and hitting stored ammunition

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed on July 26 that Ukraine had struck the Saky airfield.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The building of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was destroyed.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:58:23.537Z

Source story: strike-on-the-saky-airfield-the-armed-forces-confirmed