Explosions rock occupied Crimea: Russia complains about missile strike
Illustrative photo: explosions were heard in Crimea (Getty Images)
In temporarily occupied Crimea today, November 19, local residents heard explosions during the day. Russian propagandists claim that the peninsula was attacked by missiles, according to Krymskii Veter on Telegram.
Initially, it was reported that a French Beech King Air 350ER reconnaissance aircraft was detected over the Black Sea.
After that, explosions rang out in the Saky district. Local residents reported hearing around 10 explosions in total.
Russian propagandist channels wrote that an alert was declared on the peninsula due to the threat of a Storm Shadow missile attack.
According to unofficial information, the Hvardiiske airfield or a local oil depot may have been targeted.
The Russian forces scrambled fighter jets from the Belbek airfield.
The activity of enemy air defense systems was also recorded in the area of the Saky airfield.
Amid the attack, the Kerch Bridge was closed to car and train traffic.
Attacks on facilities in Crimea
On November 10, the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that during the night of November 10, the FDKU Hvardiiskyi oil depot in the village of Kariierne in the Saky district came under strike.
The oil depot was attacked by Ukrainian drones. They hit the pumping station.
This type of oil depot plays an important role in supplying fuel to the Russian forces.
Also, according to RBC-Ukraine’s sources, during the night of October 29, the Security Service of Ukraine strike drones attacked Russian military and infrastructure facilities in occupied Crimea.
Russian forces lost a Pantsir-S2 air-defense system worth about 20 million dollars, as well as two radar stations.
In addition, drones struck oil depots in Hvardiiske and at the Komsolmolska facility. A large fire broke out at the fuel depots, causing additional damage to the Russian army’s logistics.
