Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-May 2023
The Monitoring Group of the BlackSeaNews
and the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies
Based on the results of our own monitoring (see Table 1), the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies and the BlackSeaNews editorial board presents the database Russian Missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Attacks on the Regions of Ukraine from the Occupied Crimea in January-May 2023.
Over the first 5 months of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces used the occupied Crimea to strike at the regions of Ukraine, including with:
93 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles – totaling 19 missiles monthly – from ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, whose main base is in the occupied Crimean Peninsula
37 – 7 monthly —Shahed-136/131 UAVs, 21 Iskander ballistic missiles and 3 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles.
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Table 1. Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions
from the Occupied Crimea in January-May 2023
- ТОТ – temporarily occupied territories
- CMC – coastal missile complex
- OTMS – operational-tactical missile system
- the original data is taken from the official Air Force Command
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine website www.facebook.com/kpszsu
- the numbers below don’t take into account the confirmed launches
from the RF regions, even when the locales are listed
# |
Date |
Launch Area |
Carrier type |
Type and number of weapons used |
Place of missile impact/destruction, direction/target |
Details and notes |
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January 2023 |
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1 |
14.01.2023 |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 6 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
Odesa Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast |
Target: energy infrastructure facilities. Destroyed: One of the missiles that crossed the Moldova-Ukraine state border |
2 |
26.01.2023 |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles, number TBC |
Odesa Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast |
Target: energy infrastructure facilities. Destroyed: 3 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles shot down over Odesa region |
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February 2023 |
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3 |
09.02.2023 |
TOT Crimea |
- |
UAV Orion |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance UAV, destroyed. Probable basing at Sevastopol and Dzhankoy airfields |
4 |
10.02.2023 |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 28 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
Odesa Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast: 13 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles shot down over the Оdesa Oblast |
Targets: energy infrastructure facilities. 2 Russian Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles crossed the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Moldova and Romania |
5 |
11.02.2023 |
TOT Crimea |
SU-24М Bastion-P CMC |
4 aerial bombs of an unknown type 3 P-800 Oniks cruise missiles |
Zmiinyi Island, Odesa Oblast |
Probable targets: observation posts and military/civilian infrastructure on the coast |
6 |
14.02.2023 |
TOT Crimea |
Missile attack |
Missile type undetermined |
ТОТ Chaplynka, Kherson Oblast |
Targets: civilian infrastructure objects to be used as a false flag operation against the Armed Forces of Ukraine |
7 |
16.02.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
Surface ship (frigate) Bastion-P CMC |
Up to 8 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 1 P-800 Oniks cruise missiles |
Detailed data on the Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles та P-800 Oniks unavailable |
Targets: energy and industry infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad Oblasts. Civilian objects hit |
8 |
18.02.2023 |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 4 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
Grechany, Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
Targets: energy infrastructure facilities. Destroyed: 2 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
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March 2023 |
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9 |
09.03.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
Surface ship Submarine SU-35 |
Up to 20 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 2 Kh-31P-type missiles 6 Kh-59-type missiles |
Odesa Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast |
Targets: energy infrastructure facilities and Ukrainian air defense system elements. Destroyed: 2 Kh-31P missiles 6 Kh-59 missiles |
10 |
14.03.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
SU-24 |
4 Kh-31P-type missiles |
Odesa Oblast |
Targets: Ukrainian air defense facilities. Destroyed: all 4 missiles. Civilian infrastructure facilities damaged by the debris |
11 |
21.03.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
SU-35 |
4 Kh-59-type missiles – most likely, Kh-59МК |
Odesa Oblast |
Destroyed: 2 missiles, while the other 2 hit a civilian infrastructure facility – a UOC MP church |
12 |
23.03.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
SU-35 |
2 Kh-59-type missiles |
Odesa Oblast
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Destroyed: 2 missiles |
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April 2023 |
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13 |
19.04.2023 |
TOT Crimea (possibly, Cape Chauda) |
- |
12 Shahed-136/131-type attack UAVs |
Odesa Oblast |
Targets: elements of the Ukrainian air defense system and critical infrastructure. A recreational infrastructure facility hit. Destroyed: 10 SHAHED-136/131 UAVs |
14 |
24.04.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
2 Lancet-type UAVs 1 Merlin-ВР type UAV (Orlan-30) |
Kherson Oblast |
Destroyed: all |
15 |
26.04.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
5 Lancet-type UAVs
1 Merlin-ВР type UAV |
Kherson Oblast |
Destroyed: all |
16 |
27.04.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
Iskander OTMS |
Up to 4 Iskander-K cruise missiles. Number TBC |
Mykolaiv Oblast |
Hit: A Mykolaiv apartment high-rise. Casualties: 1 person dead and 17, including 1 child, wounded |
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May 2023 |
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17 |
03.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
2 Lancet-type UAVs 1 Merlin-ВР type UAV 1 tactical UAV |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
18 |
7-8.05.2023 |
TOT Crimea airspace |
ТU-22М3 |
Kh-22-type anti-ship missiles, number unconfirmed |
Odesa, Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyi, Odesa Oblast |
Targets: Ukrainian defense forces military facilities and civilian infrastructure that the Russians believe is used for military purposes |
19 |
08.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
2 Lancet-type UAVs
1 ZALA-type UAV |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
20 |
09.05.2023. |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
Kyiv Ukraine’s eastern regions |
Targets: Ukrainian defense forces military and infrastructure facilities. Destroyed: 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
21 |
14.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
1 ZALA-type and 2 Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAVs |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
22 |
14.05.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 3 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 25 Shahed-136/131-type attack UAVs |
Official data n/a |
Destroyed: 3 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 18 Shahed-136/131 type attack UAVs |
23 |
16.05.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
Surface ship Submarine Iskander OTMS |
Up to 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 3 Iskander-M missiles 6 Shahed-136/131-type attack UAVs |
Mykolaiv Oblast |
Targets: civilian infrastructure facilities that the Russians believe is used for military purposes. Destroyed: 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 3 Iskander-M type ballistic missiles No official data on the UAV desrtuction |
24 |
17-18.05.2023 |
Black Sea waters TOT Crimea |
Surface ship Submarine Iskander OTMS |
Up to 6 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles Up to 2 Iskander-K missiles |
Vinnytsia Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
Targets: Ukrainian defense forces military and infrastructure facilities. Destroyed: 6 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles 2 Iskander-K type cruise missiles. |
25 |
19.05.2023 |
Black Sea waters |
Surface ship Submarine |
Up to 9 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
Data n/a |
Destroyed: 3 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles |
26 |
20.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
3 Lancet-type, 1 Merlin-ВР-type & 1 Orlan-10-type reconnaissance UAV |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
27 |
21.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
- |
1 Merlin-ВР type, 1 Orlan-10-type & 1 ZALA-type UAV |
Kherson Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
28 |
22.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
Iskander OTMS |
2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles |
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Targets: military and infrastructure facilities |
29 |
30.05.2023 |
North of TOT Crimea |
|
2 Merlin-ВР-type UAV, 2 Lancet-type & 1 Orlan-10-type UAV |
Mykolaiv Oblast |
Reconnaissance activity. Destroyed: all |
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