Russians fled after explosion in Crimea
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Yesterday (Tuesday), a huge queue formed on the road to the Crimean Bridge, causing 30,000 people to "disorderly." I was about to go. ” According to Ukrainian media, to leave. Russian authorities have closed a bridge connecting the peninsula, which was annexed in 2014, to mainland Russia for a mass exodus overnight, according to local news outlets.
Footage from inside Crimea shows a long line of Russian license plates motionless on a road that appears to lead to an 11-mile Kerch Strait checkpoint. indicates that it continues.
Meanwhile, footage from the Simferopol railway station in central Crimea revealed large numbers of people waiting with heavy luggage.
Railways and substations in northern Crimea were damaged in the attack on tracks passing through Russian-occupied Mykolaiv.
Russian authorities in the region reportedly said passenger trains had stopped due to airstrike damage.
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Ukrainian special forces Tuesday morning An ammunition depot near Zhangkoy exploded in an attack believed to have been carried out by
Both Russian and Ukrainian officials have confirmed that a military target was detonated, but Ukraine has yet to claim responsibility for the attack. MoD) said smoke was reported this morning (Wednesday) from near the Gvardeiskoe air base, also in Crimea.
The two targeted areas were "home to two of the most important Russian military airfields" in the region, and a railway junction "provided supplies for Russian operations in southern Ukraine." It plays an important role in providing
Furthermore, "Russian commanders are increasingly concerned about the apparent deterioration in security across Crimea. It is very likely that you will have a , serves as the rear base area for the occupation.
Following an apparent air strike on Saki Air Base, west of the peninsula, on 9 August, four ammunition storage units were "almost certainly" detonated, destroying eight fighter planes. rice field.
Since the base is used for aircraft by the Russian naval fleet in the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said the attack would mean a "significant reduction" in its air capabilities.
According to Ukrainian media, eyewitnesses recalled a powerful explosion at a military base, causing a series of explosions from ammunition stored there.
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The explosion was an accident before the Russian Ministry of Defense initially declared it an "act of sabotage". Inadequate security measures and guerrilla attacks on Ukraine by resistance fighters have been behind several explosions since the invasion began.
Tamira Tasheva, the Crimea representative to the President of Ukraine, said in a statement:
"Occupiers and settlers have already fled. Explosion in Dzhankoy district. People hiding in cellars. Huge lines forming to exit Crimea.
{134" } "Six months into a major war, and last week the occupation regime declared Crimea and its people in no danger. 
"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said: Again, 'shooting at the ammunition depot.' [But] people know differently.
She told the Ukrainian population of Crimea that the army would use all means at its disposal to "fight not only for the territory, but also for you," and that "next year in Bakhchisaray." cried.
Bakhchisaray is the historical capital of the Tatars in Crimea and is considered the cultural center of Crimea. Many families born there were deported by the Soviet Union during World War II. A huge building that spreads out.
First built as an attempt to bring Crimea closer to Russia, Vladimir Putin himself led the first convoy of trucks across Crimea.
But instead of vehicles pouring into Crimea, it is now being used as a backdoor escape route and could become a militarized crossroads if Ukraine succeeds in retaking the peninsula.
