Crimea ATACMS strike hits space radar station: report
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A Ukrainian attack on annexed Crimea using U.S.-supplied missiles is reported to have struck a space radar station used by occupying Russian forces.
The local Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported on Friday that Kyiv’s forces attacked military installations in Crimea on Thursday evening.
At least six ATACMS ballistic missiles hit a communications center used by the Russian army that houses “a radio antenna of a space observation station,” it said.
Newsweek could not independently verify the report and has contacted Russia’s Defense Ministry for comment by email.
The defense ministry said it had halted Ukraine’s attempts to attack the region using ATACMS.
Air defense systems destroyed “three ATACMS operational-tactical missiles…over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,” it said in a statement.
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