Two Ukrainian Missiles Shot Down near Kerch Strait, Crimean Bridge not Affected

Two Ukrainian missiles have been shot down by the air defense system in the area of the Kerch Strait, Governor of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov reported via Telegram, adding that the bridge was not affected.

“Two enemy missiles were shot down by the air defense system in the area of the Kerch Strait. The Crimean bridge was not affected,” he wrote.

His adviser Oleg Kryuchkov wrote on his Telegram channel later that a smoke screen was laid on the Crimean bridge in the afternoon on Saturday, adding that car traffic would be resumed shortly.

Russian armed forces attacked a military airfield in the Ivano-Frankovsk region on Friday, with the target reached and the facilities hit, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported.

“On August 11, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a precision-strike multiple attack with heavy air-based weapon on a military airfield in the area of the settlement of Kolomyia of the Ivano-Frankovsk region. The target of the attack was reached. All targeted facilities were hit,” he said.

Konashenkov said on July 27 that the Russian forces had delivered strikes on Ukrainian military airfields and Western-supplied armament storage sites, destroying all designated targets.

Source: Agencies