The population of the area was evacuated and rail traffic suspended for part of the day, a few days after the attack which targeted the Kerch bridge, which connects Crimea to Russia.
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A new Ukrainian attack in Crimea. The pro-Russian authorities installed in this annexed peninsula accused, on Saturday July 22, Ukraine of having exploded an ammunition depot with drones. The incident caused the evacuation of the population. “There was no damage or casualties, according to preliminary data”Sergei Aksionov, the occupation leader of annexed Crimea, said on Telegram.
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Saturday’s attack also caused a suspension of road traffic on the Crimean Bridge. This was however very quickly restored, the pro-Russian authorities pointed out on Telegram. Rail traffic was also suspended for much of the day. Finally, on Saturday, at the end of the day, Sergueï Aksionov announced that the “rail traffic in the Krasnogvardeisky district”, where the attack took place, had “been restored”.
The Kerch Bridge was to be “neutralized”
The explosion comes a few days after an assault that targeted the Kerch Bridge, the only work of its kind that connects Crimea to Russia. In early June, Kiev launched a counter-offensive to retake the territories lost to Moscow, claiming in particular that it intended to recover Crimea, which Russia unilaterally attached to its territory in 2014.
Volodymyr Zelensky explained on Friday that the Kerch bridge, built according to him in violation of international law, and which is used in particular to transport equipment to the Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian front, should be “neutralized”.