 Russia has confirmed the killing of 23 of its troops during Ukrainian strike on Crimea. Among them are high-ranking officers and special forces. This information was released by the Russian Z Channel, Kremlin's Kaya Tabakurka, citing sources in the General Staff and the Russian Ministry of Defense. The channel assures that on January 4th the Ukrainian armed forces hit military targets in Crimea with 10 missiles, of which three were not intercepted. They hit the target. Military facilities in the Sochi region and near Sevastopol were damaged. 23 military personnel were killed at two facilities, the Russian resource wrote, according to Channel, among the destroyed were five high-ranking officers of the Russian armed forces and at least nine special forces soldiers, the Z Channel complained that the Russian air defense system in Crimea is weakened, and therefore new successful strikes by the Ukrainian armed forces are expected in the near future.