Ukraine damaged at least three Russian military aircraft at the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat confirmed on Feb. 2. Ukraine attacked the airfield on Jan. 31, using Scalp/Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, a military source told Ukrainska Pravda.
The Kremlin has yet to comment on the downing of two Russian warplanes over the Sea of Azov, despite Ukrainian confirmation of the event, Russian propaganda outlet RIA Novosti noted on Telegram on Jan. 15.
After five Russian warplanes were shot down in a single week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Russian pilots to choose for themselves whether to continue their participation in the war against Ukraine.
In the middle of October, Natalia Pitaichuk packed up her four children and left her family home in the town of Beryslav in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. Two days later, her house was destroyed in a Russian strike.
Russian warplanes have dropped "explosive objects" along the likely route of civilian vessels in the Black Sea three times in the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Southern Operational Command said on Nov. 1.