Russia withdraws air defense systems from Yevpatoria to protect Crimea bridge - partisans

The russians are withdrawing air defense systems from Yevpatoria to provide additional cover for the Crimea bridge. At the same time, the aircraft repair plant and the adjacent airfield were left practically without security and equipment.

This was reported by the ATESH partisan movement.

"During reconnaissance of the Yevpatoria district, an agent of the ATESH movement found out that the occupiers had transferred military equipment and air defense systems to the Kerch area for additional cover for the Crimea bridge," the message says.

It is noted that this left the aircraft repair plant and the adjacent airfield practically without security and equipment. According to the partisans, only aircraft fuselages and an old anti-aircraft gun "ZU-23-2", which is probably intended to combat drones, remained on the territory of the plant.

"Previously, the occupiers deployed army aircraft on this territory, which were later dispersed to other military airfields after successful strikes by the Ukrainian Defense Forces. We actively facilitated these strikes by transmitting operational information," ATESH added.

Recall that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially stated that on the night of November 19, the Ukrainian Defense Forces inflicted fire damage on the arsenal of the 1046th logistics center in the area of ​​the town of Karachev, Bryansk Oblast of the russian federation.

The Ministry of Defense of the aggressor state of russia claims that during the strike on the arsenal in the Bryansk Oblast, which was confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six American ATACMS missiles were allegedly used.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on November 17, the American newspaper The New York Times stated that US President Joseph Biden had allowed the Ukrainian military to use long-range missiles to strike the territory of the aggressor country of russia.

France and the United Kingdom also gave Ukraine permission to use SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles on the territory of the aggressor country, russia.