2023-07-22 14:09:04
A drone attack today caused several explosions in an ammunition arsenal in central Crimea, according to the head of the annexed Ukrainian peninsula, Sergei Axiónov.
The detonations forced the evacuation of the population of the Krasnogvardeiski district within a radius of five kilometers, as he explained on his Telegram channel.
Furthermore, in order to “minimize risks”, the local government decided to provisionally interrupt rail traffic on the peninsula.
The attack has already forced the stoppage of four long-distance trains – two from Moscow and one from Saint Petersburg – whose passengers will be transferred to their rest destinations by bus.
For security reasons, road traffic was also temporarily suspended this morning on the bridge over the Kerch Strait that connects the peninsula with the mainland.
Today, Sunday, is the fourth attack allegedly committed by Ukraine this week once morest Crimea, a territory that Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky says that Kiev wants to recover at all costs.
On Monday, the Crimean bridge suffered the second attack since the beginning of the war at the hands of two aquatic drones, following which in retaliation Russia has bombarded several Ukrainian port terminals in the Black Sea in recent days.
On Wednesday enemy drones also hit a military training camp in the said territory, where explosions went off and a fire broke out.
On Thursday, another drone attack caused the death of a teenager and damage to four administrative buildings, Axiónov denounced.
For this reason, the Russian tourism industry acknowledged this week that the season in Crimea will be bad and that the number of visitors might be reduced by up to 30%.
EFE
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