This morning, a fire broke out in a military camp in the east of the Crimean peninsula, which the Russian governor said had been annexed by Russia in 2014.
“The temporary evacuation of residents from four locations adjacent to the military camp in the Kirov region is planned. There are more than two thousand people,” the governor, Sergey Axyonov, told the Telegram messaging platform, without explaining the cause of the fire. lay. .
Explosions at a test site in the Kirov region of Crimea following a Ukrainian attack.
2.2 thousand people will be evacuated from the villages closest to the dump, and the 118 to 200 km section of the Tavrida highway will also be blocked. pic.twitter.com/r1hHgbBABQ
– Ukraine Images (@Kevin88_H) July 19, 2023
‼️ Evacuation in Crimea!!! 2000 people! https://t.co/4MPUNOYNyG
All because of an explosion at a landfill in the Kirov district! Ukraine needs https://t.co/SY1UsMmKlP! Where is https://t.co/JGMTqMuEVi? pic.twitter.com/3TjdrkmkJ0
– Slava Ukraini makes spaces great again (@Heroiam_Slava) July 19, 2023
Meanwhile, a crisis center was created and authorities closed the Tavrida route, which connects Kerch on the Sea of Azov with Sevastopol on the Black Sea.
Crimea has been the target of Ukrainian attacks for over a year and especially since Monday, with the second attack on the Kerch Bridge, which connects the peninsula to Russia.
The day before, Moscow also claimed to have thwarted a Ukrainian attack with 28 ‘drones’.
near Kirovske, #Russia|n-occupied #Crimeasouth #Ukraine, a missile strike hit a Russian munitions depot this morning. Depot explosions necessitated the evacuation of ~2,000 people in nearby 4 villages.
– Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) July 19, 2023
Il deposito di munizioni in the Kirov region, #Crimearemains bruciare.
Approximately 2000 personse saranno probably evacuated. Chiusa highway.
The missile uses a Grom-2 or a Western missile #Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/7BM6khnrVv– Fabio Podesta (@Fabio1971p) July 19, 2023
Source: DN
