Ukraine confirmed an attack it was leading today on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. The attack targeted “military installations” and was carried out by the Ukrainian armed forces, a Ukrainian army source told AFP. No other details about the attack were given by this source.
Crimea Governor Sergey Axyonov, appointed by Moscow, had previously announced that an ammunition depot had exploded as a result of a Ukrainian drone strike. After that, in the Krasnogvardeyskoye region of Crimea, it was decided to evacuate within a radius of five kilometers from the camp.
Rail traffic temporarily stopped
No one was injured in the drone attack, Axjonov told online service Telegram. However, for safety reasons, it was decided to stop rail traffic. Two trains running between Moscow and Simferopol, Crimea’s largest city, were stopped. Later on Saturday, however, rail traffic in Crimea resumed, Axyonov said.
In early June, the Ukrainian army launched a counter-offensive to recapture occupied areas – and, in doing so, declared its aim, among other things, to regain control of Crimea, which had been annexed by Russia in 2014.
In a video broadcast at a security forum in the US city of Aspen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently reiterated his aim to recapture “all of Crimea”.