Ukraine Gets ATACMS: Occupiers In Crimea Under Massive attack

Russian air defence location targeted.

A series of powerful explosions rocked temporarily occupied Crimea on the morning of October 18, frightening residents. It was loud within the Evpatoria Cape and near Sevastopol.

This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel with reference to eyewitnesses and subscribers from the peninsula. At the same time, supporters of the invaders complained about “flights” or “UAVs”.

“A strong explosion was heard in Evpatoria, waking up the locals,” the first publication said, indicating that Crimeans also heard loud sounds in the Saki region.

Subsequently, they clarified that the explosion was heard from the direction of the village of Zaozerne, about 10 km from Yevpatoria on the northwestern shore of Kalamitsky Bay.

And later the media finally indicated the location of the explosion in the village of Romashkine in the Saki region. Eyewitnesses also stated that it was the result of Russian air defence. They allegedly saw a trace of a fired rocket in the sky.

“The air defence is located there... By the way, the S-400 air defence system was destroyed there in September. The Russians, it seems, did not even change the place,” the channel’s authors said.

At the same time, there was panic in the propaganda publics, and not only because of the explosion. Supporters of the occupiers said that they were being attacked by a UAV. At the same time, it was not ruled out that the drone that flew through Evpatoria across Zaozerne “east of the sea” could be “their own.” Some report “missiles coming.”

About an hour later, reports appeared that explosions were heard in the Bakhchisarai region from the direction of Sevastopol. Eyewitnesses suggested that this could be the work of air defence.

ATACMS in Ukraine

On the evening of October 17, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Ukraine's first use of ATACMS ballistic missiles. Ukraine was given ATACMS with a cluster warhead and limited range.

There is information that the missile forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used ATACMS on the night of October 17 against enemy airfields in Berdiansk and Luhansk. As a result of the strikes, the Russian Aerospace Forces lost at least 9 helicopters, special equipment, one Pantsir S2 missile system and its crew, and the like.

Later, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, published a video showing the launch of ATACMS to strike the Russian occupiers.

Later, US National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson confirmed that Ukraine had received ATACMS long-range missiles, which have a range of 165 km.