The Ukraine military announced on August 3 that they had successfully sunk a Russia submarine and destroyed an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system on the Crimean peninsula.
According to the Ukraine military, the attack took place on Friday, August 2 in the port of Sevastopol in Crimea. During the attack, Ukraine forces sank the Russia submarine Rostov-on-Don and severely damaged four launchers of the Triumph S-400 air defense system. The port of Sevastopol is an important base for the Black Sea Fleet of Russia.
Submarines of this class, known as the "black hole of the ocean", have become a key target for Ukraine, and this is the second time this submarine has been hit by Ukraine forces.
It is worth mentioning that the first F-16 fighter jets supplied by NATO member states arrived in Ukraine on July 31, and Russia warned that it would shoot down any F-16 fighters delivered to Ukraine.
In addition, the Ukraine military announced on August 3 that it had carried out attacks on several targets in Russia in the early hours of the same day, including the Morozovsk airport and oil depots and storage facilities in Rostov-on-Don, Belgorod and Kursk oblasts.
According to Reuters, the Ukraine military said its attack on Morozovsk airport successfully hit warehouses and other facilities where guided aerial bombs were stored. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed that the Ukraine military launched a large-scale drone attack on key military facilities in the Rostov region in the early hours of Saturday, hitting the relevant military airfield and oil storage tanks.
"The combat mission was carried out with the assistance of the National Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine." This was stated in the statement of the Ukraine military.
The Morozovsk military airfield, located in Rostov Oblast, near the border with Ukraine, is one of the important bases of the Russian army, with many Su-34 fighter-bombers, which play an important role in the Russian military operation against Ukraine.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a message: "No matter where Russia's combat aviation facilities are located, effective measures must be taken to destroy them." Striking Russia airfields is also quite fair. We need to reach a common solution with our partners, a safety and security plan. ”
Zelensky has repeatedly called on Western allies to allow Ukraine to use the weapons provided, not only to strike Russia military targets near Ukraine's borders, but also to allow Ukrainian forces to carry out long-range attacks on Russia.
Attacks on oil depots and fuel storage facilities in Russia's Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov oblasts resulted in fires after at least two storage tanks were hit, according to the Ukraine military.
Local officials in Russia confirmed that an oil depot in the Kamensky region of Rostov Oblast caught fire as a result of a drone attack. The governor of the Belgorod region said that a drone launched by Ukraine caused a fire at an oil depot in the region, but the fire has been extinguished without causing casualties.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that between Friday night and Saturday morning, Russian air defense forces destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine in the skies over Rostov-on-Don, Kursk, Belgorod, Orel, Ryazan, Voronezh, Azov and Krasnodar Krai.
The conflict has been going on for 29 months since Russia launched its military operation against Ukraine. Despite the fact that the Russian army has made some progress in some frontline areas, with the support of the United States and its allies, the strength of the Ukraine defenders has been strengthened, and the overall situation has not fundamentally changed.
This year, in addition to holding the front line, the Ukraine military has also stepped up its efforts to use long-range drones to attack oil depots and other facilities in Russia, aiming to disrupt the Russian army's oil supply and Russia's wartime economy.
In recent months, Ukraine has encountered pressure from the Russian army on the front line, and some villages in eastern Ukraine have fallen into the hands of the Russian army. In addition, Russia launched a large-scale long-range drone attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other regions a few days ago, and the Ukraine military claimed to have shot down 89 incoming drones.