Massive fire in Crimea after Ukrainian drones strike oil depot, Russia says – National | 24CA News
A large fireplace erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s drones, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday, the most recent in a collection of assaults on the annexed peninsula as Russia braces for an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, a port metropolis in Crimea, posted movies and images of the blaze on his Telegram channel.
Razvozhayev stated the fireplace on the metropolis’s harbor was assigned the best rating when it comes to how difficult it is going to be to extinguish. However, he reported that the open blaze had been contained.
Razvozhayev stated the oil depot was attacked by “two enemy drones,” and 4 oil tanks burned down. A 3rd drone was shot down from the sky over Crimea, and yet another was deactivated by way of radio-electronic means, in response to Crimea’s Moscow-appointed governor, Sergei Aksyonov.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a transfer that many of the world thought of unlawful. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in an interview this week that his nation will in search of to reclaim the peninsula within the upcoming counteroffensive.
The incident comes a day after Russia fired greater than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine, killing a minimum of 23 individuals. Almost the entire victims died when two missiles slammed into an condo constructing within the metropolis of Uman, situated in central Ukraine.
In this handout photograph produced from video launched by the Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel on Saturday, April 29, 2023, smoke and flame rise from a burning gasoline tank in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel through AP
Five kids have been among the many useless, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko stated Saturday, including 22 out 23 our bodies have been recognized. One lady remained lacking, Klymenko stated.
Russian forces launched extra drones at Ukraine in a single day. Ukraine’s Air Force Command stated two Iranian-made self-exploding Shahed drones have been intercepted, and a reconnaissance drone was shot down on Saturday morning.
Razvozhayev stated the oil depot fireplace didn’t trigger any casualties and wouldn’t hinder gasoline provides in Sevastopol. The metropolis has been topic to common assault makes an attempt with drones, particularly in latest weeks.
Earlier this week, Razvozhayev reported that the Russian army destroyed a Ukrainian sea drone that tried to assault the harbor and one other one blew up, shattering home windows in a number of condo buildings, however not inflicting some other harm.
Ukraine’s army intelligence spokesperson, Andriy Yusov, informed the RBC Ukraine news web site on Saturday that the oil depot fireplace was “God’s punishment” for “the murdered civilians in Uman, including five children.”
He stated that greater than 10 tanks containing oil merchandise for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have been destroyed in Sevastopol, however stopped wanting acknowledging Ukraine’s accountability for a drone assault. The distinction between the variety of tanks Yusov and Razvozhayev gave couldn’t be instantly reconciled.
After earlier assaults on Crimea, Kyiv additionally wouldn’t brazenly declare accountability, emphasizing, nonetheless, that the nation had the proper to strike any goal in response to Russian aggression.
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