Ukraine announces the destruction of Russian missiles in Crimea
Kiev said the missiles, which were transported by train, were intended to be fired by the Black Sea Fleet.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said, on Monday, that an explosion occurred in Djankoy, in the north of Crimea, which destroyed Russian cruise missiles intended for the Russian fleet. Black Sea. This, two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the region on the ninth anniversary of his accession to Russia.
An explosion in the town of Djankoy in the temporarily occupied northern Crimea has devastated the area Russian cruise missiles Caliber-KN “While they were being transported by train,” the ministry’s Intelligence Directorate said in posts on social media.
They also reported that the missiles, designed to be launched from surface ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, had them An operational range of more than 2,500 km (1,550 miles) on land and 375 kilometers at sea.
Ihor Even, head of the Dzhankoy administration, reported that the city was attacked by drones and a 33-year-old man was hit by shrapnel from a drone. He was taken to hospital and expected to live.
The Russian news agency Tass reported that the fire broke out in a house, a school and a grocery store, and that the electricity network was damaged.
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