The conflict between Russia and Ukraine claimed a new victim on the night of Wednesday July 19 to Thursday July 20. In a Ukrainian drone attack in Crimea, a teenage girl lost her life, according to the local governor put in place by Moscow. “As a result of an attack by an enemy drone, four administrative buildings were damaged […] in northwestern Crimea,” Sergei Aksionov said on Telegram, adding: “Unfortunately (the attack) did not go without a victim: a teenage girl died. »
The competent services are mobilized at the scene of the attack, he added, sending his condolences to the relatives of the victim. Since the launch of the offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, Crimea has been the regular target of aerial and naval drone attacks.
According to the Russian authorities, two civilians were killed in the night from Sunday to Monday in the attack which targeted the bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014. Moscow accused Ukraine and opened an investigation for “terrorist act”.
In eastern Crimea, a fire on military land, accompanied by detonations which could be those of ammunition stocks according to Russian online media, on Wednesday required the evacuation of four adjacent localities, more than 2,000 people.
