Attacks continue
Another drone shot down over Crimea – parts fall on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Smoke billows from an explosion site at a Russian army ammunition dump in Crimea. Within a week there were several explosions on the annexed peninsula
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After another drone was shot down over Crimea, the head of administration in Sevastopol warned citizens not to leave their homes. The damage after the attack is limited. There are no victims.
Another explosion occurred on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia. According to the authorities, debris from a downed drone hit the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in the city of Sevastopol on Saturday. The fleet’s anti-aircraft defenses hit the drone, said the city’s chief administrator, Mikhail Rasvozhayev. “She fell on the roof and burned.” There are no victims.
The official released a picture of the destroyed roof. Rasvozhayev blamed Ukraine for the attack. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
After an explosion, a cloud of smoke rising into the sky could be seen in initially unverifiable images and videos that were distributed on social networks. “Keep calm and if possible stay at home for the next hour”, wrote the head of administration in his channel in the Telegram news service. There is no serious destruction.
According to Rasvozhayev, a drone had already landed in the yard of the fleet headquarters at the end of July. There were also injuries. Ukraine had denied having anything to do with it.
Repeated attacks on drones over Crimea
Most recently, there were also heavy explosions at a military base and in an ammunition depot. Ukraine received this with satisfaction and announced that it expected further explosions. Crimea is not a safe place, the Ukrainian leadership said.
According to the Russian authorities, there have been several cases in which drones have been shot down in the past few days. The air defense is active, they hit their targets over Sevastopol, Raswoschajew said on Friday evening. “Like many other residents, I heard explosions over the center.” Unverified videos online, purportedly from Sevastopol and Yevpatoria, showed tracers of anti-aircraft fire. Drones were allegedly shot down over the city of Kerch and the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol on Thursday evening.
A week ago on Tuesday, there were devastating explosions at the Saki air base near Yevpatoria in the west of the Crimean peninsula, destroying Russian warplanes. An ammunition depot in the north of the Jankoy region exploded on Tuesday.