Ukraine launches 40-day drone campaign against Russian targets in Crimea
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Ukraine launched a 40-day drone campaign against Russian targets in occupied Crimea on Thursday night, striking two military support vessels under construction and an S-400 air defence system in Kerch, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky authorised the operation to degrade Russia’s use of Crimea as a military and logistics hub, SBU stated .
The overnight strikes marked the opening salvo of a campaign approved by Zelensky the previous evening, targeting infrastructure that Moscow relies on to project power in southern Ukraine. SBU drones hit the vessels at Kerch shipyards and disabled the S-400 system, according to the agency’s statement .
Russia said it intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight, the largest single-night barrage of the war, and declared a state of emergency in Crimea . The defence ministry claimed unspecified damage to a chemical factory and thermal power plant in Tula region, while Ukrainian sources reported strikes on the Karachaganak oil and gas field in Kazakhstan after a Russian processing facility linked to the site was hit .
Civilian casualties mounted across Ukraine, with regional authorities reporting four killed and 38 injured in Russian attacks on Thursday, including near the Romanian border where Bucharest scrambled a helicopter .
The surge in drone activity has intensified pressure on European airspace, prompting the EU to accelerate plans for an anti-drone shield amid fears of spillover from the conflict . In Russia, demand for portable anti-drone devices has surged to a three-year high, though experts warn they are ineffective in urban areas and may pose safety risks .
Zelensky framed the 40-day campaign as a pressure tactic to force Moscow to end the war, while Moscow accused Kyiv of escalating hostilities. The operation’s scope and duration signal a sustained Ukrainian effort to disrupt Russian logistics and air defences in the occupied peninsula, a strategy likely to draw further retaliation.
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