Insightful report from Russia about the devastating Ukrainian Storm Shadow strikes on occupied Crimea that occurred on January 4-5, including the likely reason the rumor of Gerasimov's death began: A Russian General was killed.
On 04 JAN 2024, a large-scale attack on the territory of Crimea was carried out.
At lunchtime, due to the activity of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) tactical aviation, the signal "Aviation Alert" was announced on the territory of Crimea.
At 17:00, information about the approach of ten cruise missiles to the airspace of the peninsula began to arrive.
At 17:12, a strike was made against an object in the territory of the settlement of Uyutne, near Yevpatoria. The target was a radar unit of the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Air Force. As a result of the strike, the radar station and the communications center were destroyed. There are serious problems with the ability to conduct radar reconnaissance in the region. Three wounded conscript soldiers are reported.
The strike was carried out by one Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile.
At 17:18, a strike was conducted on a facility in the city of Sevastopol. The target was a protected command post of the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Air Force (military unit 03121, Sevastopol). As a result of the strike, 12 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces were killed and 9 others were wounded. In total, more than 80 servicemen of the division were under the rubble.
Among the lists of the dead there is one serviceman with the rank of General, however, his name is not specified (this is to the rumors about the death of Gerasimov, although I believe that this is just a rumor). Also, the death of the commander of the 3rd Radio-Technical Regiment of the Russian Air Force has been confirmed. As a consequence of the strike, the Division's communications center was destroyed.
The strike was carried out by two air-launched cruise missiles "Storm Shadow."
It is noted that during the attack, first the AFU used decoy missiles. The type is currently being established, there is reason to believe that they were "ADM-160A."This was followed by a strike of Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Further (expectedly) at around 23:30 there was a UAV (drone) attack on the territory of Pervomaiskiy and Sakskiy districts. About 35 attack drones are reported to have been used. I do not have information about the damage caused by UAVs at the moment. However, it is worth noting the successful work of the air defense. For the most part, the UAVs were suppressed by REB (electronic warfare, signal jamming) means. No serious "hits" were observed.
On the night from 05 to 06 JAN 2024 was a strike at the airfield "Saki."It is reported that the command post of the 43rd Separate Naval Assault Aviation Regiment (military unit 59882) was hit. As a consequence of the strike four servicemen of the regiment - 200 (code for Killed In Action). There is no information about the wounded.
The strike was carried out by four Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles. Two of them were intercepted by air defense forces. Two reached their target.