Russian commanders are likely to be increasingly concerned about "the deteriorating security situation inCrimeaas a whole," the UK Ministry of Defense said. After the blast rocked the ammunition depot, he said:
In what the Russians called "sabotage", a fireball explosion occurred Tuesday morning at a facility in Maisuke near Zhangkoy, and at least he Two people were injured and about 3,000 people were evacuated.
Ukraine Crimea, which Russia seized from him in 2014 and has been used by Vladimir Putin to launch attacks on since the war began on February 24 It did not go so far as to claim responsibility for the explosion at
Crimea's prospects were soured by a report by theKommersant business newspaper that an explosion also occurred near her Gvardeyskoye in the center of the peninsula. By Wednesday, there was still no comment from Russian officials.
According to a statement by the UK Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, "Russian commanders may become increasingly concerned about the apparent deterioration in security across Crimea, which serves as a rear base for the occupation." is very high.”
Smoke rises near Dzhankoy
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According to it, Gvardeiskoe and Dzhankoy is an important Russian military airfield in Crimea".
If Ukraine were behind the explosion, it would represent a significant escalation of the war. There may be.
Mr Putin's forces in Crimea came under pressure last week when Ukraine announced that nine Russian fighter jets had been destroyed after being blown up. At the time, Moscow was still suggesting that cigarette butts may have been the cause. Two civilians were killed and seven wounded in the shelling.
Russia's Tu-22M3 long-range bomber fired a cruise missile in the Odessa region on Tuesday night, injuring four, said Oleh Brachuk, spokesman for the Odessa regional administration. rice field.
In the southern city of Mykolaiv, two Russian missiles damaged a university building early Wednesday, but no one was injured.
Russian forces also shelled various areas of Kharkov and the Kharkov region throughout the night, damaging housing and civilian infrastructure, but causing no casualties.
Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the western city of Lviv.
They could discuss grain shipments and a possible fact-finding mission to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which Russia and Ukraine accuse of shelling each other. Expected.
Additional report by Associated Press.
