Ukraine Strikes Moscow Oblast, Crimea

The Security Service of Ukraine, along with Ukraine's defence forces, struck a military facility and several oil infrastructure facilities in Moscow Oblast, as well as the Belbek military airfield in occupied Crimea on the night of 16-17 May.

Targets in Moscow Oblast

The targets in Moscow Oblast included the Angstrem plant, which supplies semiconductors for Russia's military-industrial complex and is under US sanctions. The Alpha Special Operations Centre and Ukraine's defence forces carried out strikes on several locations in Moscow Oblast.

Targets in Crimea

In occupied Crimea, infrastructure and air defence assets at the Belbek military airfield were struck. The targets included a storage facility containing radar equipment for an S-400 system, an Orion UAV control system, a ground control station for Forpost UAVs, the air traffic control tower, and a hangar at Belbek airfield.

Key points

• The Security Service of Ukraine and Ukraine's defence forces struck targets in Moscow Oblast and Crimea on the night of 16-17 May.
• The Angstrem plant in Moscow Oblast, which supplies semiconductors for Russia's military-industrial complex, was targeted.
• The Belbek military airfield in occupied Crimea was struck, with targets including a storage facility and air defence assets.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the SSU and the defence forces for their precision strikes.