7.10.2024 / Translated from Ukrainian via Google and OFP
In Crimea, temporarily seized by Russia, explosions were heard on the night of Monday, October 7, and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations declared an air threat throughout the occupied Ukrainian peninsula. They confirmed a fire at an oil depot in Feodosia, although they did not admit whether it was an incoming air strike.
The channel “Krymskiy Veter “, citing local residents, writes that the Belbek military airfield in Sevastopol and the Saki airfield in Novofedorovka could also have been under attack. The resource published videos of explosions and flashes in Crimea.
The first explosions in the Saksky district were heard at about 23:30. They were also heard in the Simferopolsky and Krasnogvardeysky districts.
“An hour later, a second series of explosions was heard. According to our source, there was at least one hit in the area of the airfield in Novofedorovka,” the report says.
It was also written online that around midnight the occupiers raised aircraft from the Belbek airfield. The authors assume that the planes were raised so that they would not be hit.
“At about one o’clock in the morning, a strong fire broke out in the area of the Belbek airfield. Its source is unknown,” the report says.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the aggressor country declared an air threat throughout the entire territory of occupied Crimea. Russian propaganda channels wrote about a “UAV attack” and allegedly the work of air defense.
Later, local residents showed footage of the fire filmed from the village of Beregovoe near Feodosia, noting that after the UAV attack, an oil depot in the city caught fire.
“We finally got to the oil depot,” they said, adding that they had heard explosions before.
At the same time, local “authorities” confirmed the fire at the base, but did not report the causes.
“At around 04:30 in Feodosia, several powerful explosions were heard; an oil depot is burning. The fire in Feodosia is visible as far as Kirovsky, which is 25 km away as the crow flies,” Krymsky Veter wrote, citing subscribers.
Russian “independent” media indicated that the drones likely landed at JSC Marine Oil Terminal, which is the largest in Crimea in terms of oil product transshipment. The oil depot was already attacked in March 2024, and was also attacked in December and November 2023.
As reported by OBOZ.UA:
– Ukrainian partisans stated that the occupiers in Crimea are afraid of the landing of Ukrainian troops and continue to equip firing points and defensive structures. The Russians are also erecting fences along the coast, blocking people’s access to the sea.
– It was also reported that Russia has stepped up its defense of the Kerch Bridge. New barriers and two Pantsir anti-aircraft missile systems have been installed near the structure.
– GUR representative Andrey Yusov stated that a plan to destroy the bridge and return Crimea has already been developed. Which, in turn, caused a real storm in the Russian information space.
Very nice! I hope the damage done is tremendous.