Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January 2024

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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 presents the database of 2024 Russian Missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Attacks on the Regions of Ukraine from the Occupied Crimea.

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In January 2024, the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) continued to strike all of Ukraine, using the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) and the adjacent Black Sea as launchpads for strike and reconnaissance drones, and cruise and ballistic missiles.

As predicted, Russia has increased the share of Shahed-136/131 attack drones in its strike arsenal, primarily due to the start of its mass production within the country. In addition, according to available data, as the Russian Federation is experiencing a certain shortage of precision weapons, the use of attack drones can reduce the cost of the process, compensate for the shortage and deplete the Ukrainian air defense system.

In January 2024, the Russia’s main targets on mainland Ukraine remained industrial and agricultural infrastructure and military-industrial enterprises. However, unlike last year when it were mostly energy infrastructure facilities that were attacked, due to the current stalemate at the front, in an attempt to change it, the drones and missiles have now been used mainly for the direct strikes at military facilities near the frontline.

In January 2024, the Russian Armed Forces used at least:

• 3 units of Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles from ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The use of the Kalibr was recorded for the first time after a long break, i.e., since September 25, 2023

• 9 Iskander-type ballistic missiles (P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles were not used in January 2024)

• 223 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs (launched from Crimea and from the regions of the Russian Federation together); there were no separate attacks by strike UAVs of this type from Crimea, without simultaneous launches from the Russian Federation, in January

• 8 attack UAVs of other types (Lancet)

• 6 reconnaissance UAVs of various types (ZALA, Merlin-BP, Orlan-10).

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Table 1. Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions
from the Occupied Crimea in January 2024

- 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.

01.01.2024

Launch Area: Cape Chauda, Balaklava — TOT Crimea; Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF
Weapon: 90 Shahed-136/131 UAVs (87 destroyed)
Affected areas: Odesa, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, Kherson, Chernihiv, Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts
Targets: port infrastructure, agro-industrial and industrial enterprises of the military-industrial complex, and critical energy infrastructure
Impact: Odesa, Odesa Oblast: a port terminal and private houses damaged; several children dead
Dnipro: an industrial enterprise damaged
Lviv Oblast: the R. Shukhevych Museum in Bilohorshchya destroyed; the dormitory of the University in Dubliany where S. Bandera studied damaged
Mykolaiv Oblast: an infrastructure facility damaged.

02.01.2024

Launch Area: Black Sea, Cape Chauda, northern regions TOT Crimea; Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Weapon & carrier: surface ship or submarine — 3 Kalibr-class ballistic missile systems (3 destroyed); 35 Shahed-136/131 UAVs (35 destroyed); 1 reconnaissance UAV (ZALA type) and 5 Lancet-type kamikaze drones — all 6 destroyed
Affected areas: mostly Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast
Targets: energy and other critical infrastructure, industrial and civilian facilities
Impact: warehouses of the M-TAC tactical clothing manufacturer and residential buildings in several districts of Kyiv hit with civilian casualties; blackout for 250,000 UKRENERGO customers.

05.01.2024.

Launch Area: Cape Chauda, northern regions TOT Crimea; Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Weapon: 29 Shahed-136/131 UAVs (21destroyed); 2 Merlin-BP reconnaissance UAVs and 1 Orlan-10 UAV — all 3 destroyed
Affected areas: Kherson, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, and Dnipro Oblasts
Targets: agro-industrial and energy infrastructure — grain storage hangars, energy distribution hubs and power
Impact: Cherkasy Oblast — power lines damaged resulting in blackout for 5 districts; Kherson Oblast — an administrative building and a modular town in Vysoke village damaged; Mykolaiv Oblast— an industrial enterprise hit.

08.01.2024

Launch Area: Dzhankoy district, Cape Chauda — TOT Crimea
Weapon & carrier: Iskander air defense system, 6 units of Iskander-M missiles (none destroyed)
Affected areas: Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and Dnipro Oblasts
Targets: critical infrastructure, civilian and military industrial facilities
Impact: Zaporizhzhia — missiles hit residential areas
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — in Novomoskovsk, three administrative buildings, two gas stations, a five-story building, and a car damaged and about 30 people, including 4 children, injured. In Kryvyi Rih, a shopping center and more than 20 private houses damaged.

17.01.2024

Launch Area: northern regions TOT Crimea
Weapon: 1 reconnaissance UAV (type unknown) and 1 Lancet kamikaze drone - - both destroyed
Affected areas: Kherson and Mykolaiv Oblast
Objectives: reconnaissance in the frontline areas.

25.01.2024

Launch Area: Cape Chauda, TOT Crimea; Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF)
Weapon: 14 Shahed-136/131 UAVs (11 destroyed)
Affected areas: Odesa, Odesa Oblast and Mykolaiv Oblast
Targets: port and industrial infrastructure
Impact: Odesa — debris hit a high-rise building in Khadzhybeyskyi district, a civilian building in Prymorskyi district, and a warehouse of a furniture factory in Odesa's industrial district, causing a massive fire.

26.01.2024

Launch Area: Armyansk vicinity/northern regions TOT Crimea
Weapon/carrier: Iskander air defense system (S-300) and 3 units of unidentified type of munitions
Affected area: Kherson
Impact: a kindergarten, a high-rise building and a shopping center damaged.

30.01.2024

Launch Area: Cape Chauda, TOT Crimea; Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF
Weapon: 35 Shahed-136/131 UAVs (15 destroyed)
Affected areas: Uman district, Cherkasy Oblast; Poltava, Vinnytsia, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Sumy Oblasts
Targets: fuel and energy sector infrastructure, civilian and military facilities near the front line and in central Ukraine. In particular, storage facilities and agricultural enterprises
Impact: central oblasts — energy facilities damaged; Kherson oblast — an agricultural enterprise destroyed.

30.01.2024

Launch Area: northern regions TOT Crimea
Weapon: 1 reconnaissance UAV of the Merlin-BP type and 2 kamikaze drones of the Lancet type. All 3 destroyed
Affected area: Kherson Oblast
Objectives: reconnaissance in the frontline regions.

31.01.2024

Launch Area: Cape Chauda, northern regions TOT Crimea; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Voronezh region (RF).
Weapons/carrier: Iskander OTRK; 20 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs (14 destroyed); 3 units of Iskander-M KR (none destroyed)
Affected areas: Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Kirovohrad and Kharkiv Oblasts
Targets: critical civilian and military infrastructure of the frontline regions
Impact: in Kherson, the building of a humanitarian NGO was destroyed.

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Note:
Over the 12 months of 2023, the Russian Armed Forces used the occupied Crimea to strike at the regions of Ukraine, including with:

• 245 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles – from ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (no launches registered since September 25, 2023);
• at least 1250 Shahed-136/131 UAVs launches, including those launched from the Russian regions;
• 62 Iskander ballistic missiles
• and 25 P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles

Find the full Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-December 2023 here. 

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This article has been prepared with the support of the European Union in Ukraine. The content of the article is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the position of the EU