Report of further explosions
Damaged Black Sea Fleet buildings in Crimea
08/20/2022, 11:16 am
There are renewed reports of explosions in Crimea, annexed by Russia. According to local authorities, the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol has been affected. Footage shows smoke rising over the city of Bakhchisaray.
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. 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 information cannot be confirmed at this time.
The official released a picture of the destroyed roof and 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 stay at home for the next hour if possible,” wrote the head of administration on his channel in the Telegram news service. There is no serious destruction.
Meanwhile, the Belarusian opposition media Nexta reported further explosions in the Crimean city of Bakhchisaray. The village is only 30 kilometers from Sevastopol and has about 26,000 inhabitants. It is said that smoke can be seen over the airfield. The air defense is also active in the village of Molochnoye.
According to Rasvozhayev, a drone had already landed in the yard of the fleet headquarters at the end of July. There were injuries. Ukraine had denied having anything to do with it. Most recently, there were heavy explosions at a military base and in an ammunition depot in Crimea. 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 have 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.