Zelensky confirms Ukraine struck Russian military airfield in occupied Crimea
Ukrainian forces carried out an attack early on April 17 against a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address. Zelensky thanked the Armed Forces and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi for the operation but did not elaborate on the consequences. Explosions were reported near the airfield in the early hours of Apil 17, with local Telegram channels publishing footage of a large-scale fire. Later during the day, the partisan group Atesh claimed that the attack hit a Russian S-400 air defense system and a military command pos...