Ukrainian Forces Strike Bastion Missile System Launcher in Crimea

On the night of March 24, Ukrainian units struck Russian military targets, including a launching unit of the Bastion coastal missile system near the village of Aktachi in occupied Crimea.

Areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, a repair unit, and enemy command posts in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions were also struck, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Bastion system is designed to engage surface ships, but Russia also uses it to strike ground targets in Ukraine with P-800 Onyx missiles.

The main danger of these anti-ship missiles lies in their supersonic speed and ability to fly at extremely low altitudes over distances of up to 300 km, making them difficult targets to intercept.

The self-propelled launcher of the system is based on an MZKT-7930 chassis and is armed with two missiles in transport-launch containers.

Other targets hit besides the Bastion missile system

In addition to the missile launcher, a repair unit of the invaders was struck in Novozlatopol, Zaporizhzhia region.

In the Donetsk direction, specifically near Velyka Novosilka, the Defense Forces struck a command post for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Ukrainian troops also struck an area where enemy personnel were concentrated in the settlement of Khoroshe in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region.