Russia has no air defense in Crimea. Putin thought he’d be clever and shoot his air defense missiles at land targets in Mykolaiv and Odessa instead of saving them to defend Crimea. Putin not stronk genius.
Rus army does not care about HIMARS hitting, just so long as they get the stronk vodka every day. Raided from Ukie family's liquor cabinets.
Well, I wouldnt call the Russian air defense out. Thats a rather extreme statement. I think the Russians are perfectly capable of making Ukrainian deep penetration air and helicopter attacks extremely dangerous and not worth the price. It would likely be very dangerous even for Nato/US-class aircraft, without a full blown Air Defense suppression effort.
What it seems they can’t do is intercept whatever missiles the Ukrainians are shooting lately. Small size/high speed or low altitude, or some technical means, seems to be working, whatever it is. The idea that all this is the result of commando raids is unconvincing. Those commandoes would be humping an improbably great weight of explosives around based on the satellite pictures.
A major upgrade in Crimea air defenses is under way.
Russia’s New S-350 Air Defense System Appears At Base Near Ukraine Border
Russia’s new S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile system is now protecting an airbase less than 40 miles from Ukraine.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russias-new-s-350-air-defense-system-appears-at-base-near-ukraine-border