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Drones strike occupied Crimea's military targets, explosions reported

Drones strike occupied Crimea's military targets, explosions reported
Author: Maria Kholina

Explosions were heard in the currently occupied Crimea this morning. Reports indicate that military facilities were targeted in the attacks, according to the Telegram channel CHP.Simferopol.

"The airfield in Krasnogvardeiskiy district, Veseloe village, is being bombed," the report stated.

The head of the Crimean occupation administration, Sergei Aksyonov, announced that an ammunition depot was hit.

"There was a direct hit on an ammunition depot in the Djankoy district," he wrote. According to him, the peninsula was attacked by 11 drones.

Aksyonov also informed that railway traffic in the Djankoy district and the Djankoy-Simferopol highway have been suspended. "Detour schemes will be announced soon," he added.

Videos of the explosions are also going viral.

Explosions in Moscow

On the night of July 24, several explosions rocked Moscow. One of them damaged a building located at Komsomolsky Prospekt, 17. The building is situated close to the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate. The distance from the drone's crash site to the Ministry of Defense building is approximately 150 meters.

Explosions in Crimea

Similarly, on July 22, powerful explosions were reported in the Krasnogvardeiskiy district of Crimea. The occupation authorities immediately claimed it was a drone attack.

Later, it was reported that the drone struck an oil depot and a Russian warehouse located at an airfield in the town of Zhovtneve. Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the attack on Crimea.