Crimea Ammunition Depot Explosion... Ukrainian Drone Attack

Resident Evacuation, Suspension of Railway Traffic

An explosion occurred at an ammunition depot in the Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia.

Flames are rising following an explosion at a military training ground in the Kirovske area of the Crimean Peninsula. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to major foreign media on the 22nd (local time), Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, stated via Telegram that an explosion occurred at an ammunition depot in the Krasnovardiske area of the Crimean Peninsula due to a drone attack by Ukraine. He also reported that, as of now, no casualties have been confirmed.

On the 19th, a fire following an explosion occurred at a military training ground in the Kirovske area of the Crimean Peninsula, causing residents to evacuate and major highways to be closed. At that time, Russia claimed that the ammunition depot exploded due to a nighttime air raid by Ukraine, and Ukraine acknowledged the attack.

Airstrikes by Russia continued in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Special Communications and Information Protection Service stated, "Some grain storage facilities and industrial facilities in the southern region were damaged and destroyed."

Russia claimed that villages near the Ukraine border were attacked with cluster munitions by Ukraine. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod Oblast in western Russia, mentioned Ukraine's attack the previous day, saying, "The Ukrainian military fired 21 shells and 3 cluster munitions toward the Zhuravlevka village in Belgorod."

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