Head of Russian occupying authority in Crimea claims Sevastopol attacked by drones.
The head of the illegal Russian occupation government in Sevastopol claimed a drone attack on April 29 caused a fire at a fuel storage tank at the Kozacha Bay in Russian-occupied Sevastopol. "A fuel tank is on fire near Manganari Brothers Street in the Kozacha bay area. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by an unmanned aerial vehicle hit," Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on Telegram.
Razvozhaev also said that the fire had spread to a 1,000 square-meter area and that details on casualties and damage were still being determined. Since August 2022, explosions and fires have regularly been reported on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and Sevastopol, Crimea's largest city. On Oct.
8 massive explosion occurred[1] on the Crimean Bridge, illegally built by Russia in 2018 to connect Russia with Crimea, partially destroying the portion that carried railway traffic. Russia has occupied Crimea since it annexed[2] the peninsula in 2014 in the wake of the Euromaidan Revolution[3] that ousted then-President Viktor Yanukovych.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
We are the news team of the Kyiv Independent. We are here to make sure our readers get quick, essential updates about the events in Ukraine.
Feel free to contact us via email with feedback and news alerts.