Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky has vowed to re-capture all the Ukrainian land Russia now occupies, including Crimea.Īnother possible indication of a Ukrainian attack came from the Russian-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov. In a pre-cursor to last year's full invasion of Ukraine, Russia in 2014 seized Crimea, then annexed the peninsula in a move that many countries condemned as illegal. Pictured: Park of a drone that was purportedly used to destroy Russian missiles in UkraineĪ Russian military air base is located near Dzhankoi, with Ukrainian officials long saying that the city and the surrounding areas have been turned into the largest Moscow military base in Crimea. Reporting Kryuchkov's comments, Reuters news agency said it was not able to independently verify neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian reports. Pictures circulating online showed pieces of a destroyed drone - purportedly used in Monday night's attack - scattered across the ground. In addition to explosives, each one carried shrapnel.' The others were downed in residential areas. ![]() One was hit over the Dzhankoi technical school and came down between the instruction area and a student residence,' he said on his Telegram channel. Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to the Russia-installed head of Crimea, said the drone attack was aimed at civilian targets. TASS quoted Ivin as saying on Krym-24 TV that a house, school and grocery store caught fire, and the power grid sustained damage. He was taken to hospital and expected to survive. Ihor Ivin, the Russian-installed head of the Dzhankoi administration, was quoted as saying the city had come under attack from drones and a 33-year-old man suffered a shrapnel injury from a downed drone. ![]() The statement on social media said the missiles, designed to be launched from surface ships in Russia's Black Sea fleet, had an operational range of more than 1,550 miles on land and 233 miles at sea. 'An explosion in Dzhankoi city in the north of temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr-KN cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail,' it said. The agency implied the Kyiv government was responsible by saying the explosion destroying the missiles continues 'the process of Russia's demilitarisation and prepares the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea for de-occupation'. It said the missiles were being carried by rail and were destined for submarine launch. The region's Russian-appointed governor reported an incident in the area of the same Crimean town in the northern part of the peninsula, though he did not mention cruise missiles as an attack target.ĭzhankoi is a key transport hub in Crimea, with two major railways and European highways passing through the city, and is also home to the Dzhankoi air base of the Russian Navy. None of the reports of the attack could be independently verified. Ukraine's military intelligence agency reported what would be the latest in a series of brazen attacks on Russian military assets deep in Russian controlled territory, but did not directly claim responsibility. An overnight attack destroyed a shipment of Russian cruise missiles on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, Kyiv's military agency has claimed.įootage posted to social channels showed a large fireball lighting up the sky above the town of Dzhankoi in what was reportedly an attack by drones on a train transporting Russian Kalibr missiles to Vladimir Putin's fleet in the Black Sea.
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