The Crimean peninsula, occupied by Russia, has suffered explosions in an ammunition depot after an attack by Ukrainian drones. The occupying authorities decided to evacuate the residents within a radius of five kilometers around the “emergency site”.
As confirmed by the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, a Ukrainian drone attacked an ammunition depot in the Krasnogvardeisky district of the peninsula. The ammunition detonated, blowing up part of the facility. The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced for their part the destruction of a fuel depot and warehouses of the Russian army in Crimea.
“According to preliminary data, there are no victims. The decision was made to evacuate the population within a radius of five kilometers from the emergency site to temporary accommodation centers. To minimize the risks, it was also decided to suspend traffic on the Crimean railway,” Aksionov reports. Shortly before Aksionov’s message, it was learned that the Crimean bridge had been closed, although it reopened shortly after.
On the 19th, a fire at a Russian base in Crimea forced the evacuation of 2,000 people.
Local Telegram channels have posted videos showing rising smoke columns and sounds of explosions. Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the administration of the annexed Crimea, called on “everyone who knows the authors of these videos to report these people to the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the FSB” and called the videos taken “work for the enemy.”
For his part, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombarded the region with cluster munitions. According to Vyacheslav Gladkov, on July 21, the Ukrainian army fired 21 artillery shells and three cluster bombs into the village of Zhuravlevka. In addition, the town was attacked with a kamikaze drone and grenade launchers. There were no casualties or damage, according to Gladkov.
Entities such as Human Rights Watch have previously stated that both Russian and Russian-made cluster munitions were used by both the Russians and the Ukrainians.
The Washington Post reported on July 20 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already begun using cluster munitions transferred from the United States. Later this information was confirmed in the White House.
In 2008, more than 100 countries signed a convention banning the use of cluster munitions. Ukraine, the United States and Russia are not among them. But kyiv had assured the United States that it would not attack Russian territory with cluster bombs.
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