In the north of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia, the air defense system shot down Ukrainian drones, according to the authorities. Crimea’s head of administration, Sergey Aksyonov, announced on Monday that one person had been injured in the town of Dzhankoy.
Houses and a grocery store were damaged by fallen debris. Jankoy chief executive Igor Ivin says a fire broke out at the store. Electrical wiring was also damaged. The exact extent of the damage was initially unclear.
In Kiev, the Defense Ministry’s military intelligence said the attack was aimed at transporting missiles on railway tracks. Rockets were destroyed. This will continue the process of “Russia’s demilitarization” and prepare Crimea for liberation from Russian occupation. There was no confirmation from the Russian side that missiles were said to have been destroyed.
For example, Russia transports missiles for the Black Sea Fleet overland to the military ports. In addition, the Russian troops in the occupied areas of Cherson and Zaporizhia are supplied with supplies via the strategically important ice rink route.
In the strategically important city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops are almost completely surrounded by Russian Wagner mercenaries – fierce fighting at the front continues.
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In Dschankoj there had already been a heavy explosion in an ammunition depot in August last year. There were injuries then too. Thousands of people had to be brought to safety. The train service had to be temporarily suspended in the middle of the tourist season.
The rail connections from Moscow go via Dschankoj over the new Crimean bridge to the capital Simferopol on the peninsula. The incidents repeatedly raise questions among Russian observers as to how well the heavily armed peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, is actually protected.
President Putin recently traveled to the Crimean peninsula to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the annexation. However, this is not recognized internationally.
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