Explosions at Russian Military Locations in Crimean Peninsula Underscore Moscow's Vulnerability
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A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians' vulnerability and the Ukrainians' capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines.
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The blasts engulfed an ammunition depot at a military base in the north of the Crimean peninsula, disrupting trains and forcing the evacuation of 2,000 people from a nearby village, according to Russian officials and news agencies.
Explosions and fires have ripped through an ammunition depot in Russia-annexed Crimea in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week. The blasts forced the
Local officials say a fire at an ammunition storage site on Crimea left two people injured. It comes a week after a series of explosion at an air base on
By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh, Fred Pleitgen, Vasco Cotovio and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A blast at an ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye in Crimea injured at least two people, local authorities said Tuesday, in the second incident in a week to rock the Russian-controlled peninsula.
Massive explosions and fires hit a military depot in Russia-annexed Crimea on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people, the second time in recent days that the Ukraine war’s focus has turned to the contested peninsula.
The explosion came a week after blasts at a Russian air base on the peninsula destroyed several fighter jets. A senior Ukrainian official said that an elite military unit was responsible for an attack on Tuesday that sent up a huge fireball and resulted in multiple detonations.
Russia has admitted that the detonation of ammunition at a military depot in the Dzhankoy region of Crimea was due to sabotage. Follow DW for the latest.
The blasts near Dzhankoi come just a week after a powerful attack that appeared to be carried out by Ukrainian special forces rocked an air base in Crimea.
A huge explosion rocked a Russian ammunition depot on the occupied Crimean Peninsula on Tuesday morning, striking another embarrassing blow to Moscow’s forces a week after blasts at a Russian air base...
By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh, Fred Pleitgen, Vasco Cotovio and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A blast at an ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye in Crimea injured at least two people, local authorities said Tuesday, in the second incident in a week to rock the Russian-controlled peninsula.
Explosions rocked an ammunition depot and disrupted trains in Russian-annexed Crimea on Tuesday. Moscow said explosions at an ammunition depot in Crimea were due to an “act of sabotage” in a rare admission…
A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’
A series of blasts hit a Russian military depot in the annexed peninsula Tuesday, suggesting a growing Ukrainian ability to strike deep behind enemy lines.
By Vasco Cotovio and Tara John, CNN Ukraine was behind three explosions rocked Russian military facilities in the annexed province of Crimea this past week, including an explosion at a Russian air base on the peninsula’s west coast that wrecked several airplanes, according to a Ukrainian government …
For the second time in a week there were mysterious explosions in Russian-occupied Crimea. A Russian ammunition depot blew up Tuesday in the peninsula's northeast, less than a week after explosions destroyed multiple Russian jets at the Saki Air Base. Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility.
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Russia blamed saboteurs for explosions at one of its military bases in Moscow-annexed Crimea while Ukraine hinted it was
A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians' vulnerability and the Ukrainians' capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines.
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