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On January 31, the Ukrainian military launched missile attack on the Crimean peninsula. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian air defense forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian missiles. 17 of them were shot down over the Black Sea, 3 more were destroyed over the Crimean peninsula.
Footage from the city of Sevastopol confirmed strikes of several Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles near the Belbek military airfield located on the city outskirts.
The satellite imagery revealed that some unidentified facilities near the airfield were destroyed.
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All Ukrainian attacks as well as the control of the results of the strikes are coordinated and confirmed by NATO reconnaissance in the Black Sea region.
