Russia Closes Air Space Over 3 Regions Bordering Ukraine

Russia has partially closed the sky over three regions near Ukraine.

Photo Insert: A pilot of Ukraine's Air Force displays the Ukrainian flag through the cockpit of his fighter jet.

According to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Russian command has closed the sky in certain sections of the Lipetsk, Voronezh, and Belgorod regions from Aug. 22 until Aug. 25. All three Russian regions are close to Ukraine's Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts, Ukraine Daily reported on August 22, 2022

The Russian action came after Moscow admitted that a series of explosions had military, naval and air bases in Crimea.

Mikhail Razvozhaev, head of the Russian occupation government in Ukraine's Sevastopol, said Russian air defense had hit targets approaching the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol on the evening of Aug. 21.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry's Intelligence Directorate said that in one Russian region, the formation of a tank battalion that started in early July has been put on hold after only 30 people signed contracts to serve in the battalion out of the 180 needed, meaning it could only recruit 16.6% of the manpower needed.

In another indication that the Russian invasion is going haywire, Russian artillery units have targeted the dead. Russian forces shelled a cemetery in Marhanets from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the administration of the Nikopol district, said Russian troops bombarded the cemetery from across the Dnipro River on Aug. 21.

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