Drone attack in Crimea prompts evacuation, brief bridge closure

A drone onslaught connected an ammunition depot successful Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate everyone successful a five-km (3.1-mile) radius and concisely suspend roadworthy postulation connected the span linking the peninsula to Russia, the Moscow-installed determination politician said connected Saturday.

Sergei Aksyonov said determination was an detonation astatine the depot successful Krasnohvardiiske successful cardinal Crimea but reported nary harm oregon casualties. Footage shared by authorities media showed a heavy unreality of grey fume astatine the site.

Aksyonov blamed it connected a Ukrainian drone attack. There was nary contiguous remark from Kyiv.

Russia seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine successful 2014, 8 years earlier launching its full-scale penetration of the country.

The little halting of postulation connected the Crimean Bridge, astir 180 km (110 miles) to the eastbound of the drone incident, came 5 days aft explosions determination killed 2 radical and damaged a conception of roadway - the 2nd large onslaught connected the span since the commencement of the war.

The 19-km (12-mile) roadworthy and obstruction span is simply a captious logistics nexus for Russian forces, and is besides heavy utilized by Russian tourists who flock to Crimea successful summer.

Russia accuses Ukraine of carrying retired the attacks connected the bridge. Officials successful Kyiv person welcomed them, without straight claiming responsibility.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said connected Friday that the span was a morganatic people due to the fact that it was a subject proviso way for Russia.

"This is the way utilized to provender the warfare with ammunition and this is being done connected a regular basis," helium said.

Russia is connected precocious alert for incidents astatine the bridge, and an authoritative Telegram transmission tells radical not to panic successful the lawsuit of an alarm.

In a further motion of information concerns successful Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, an advisor to Aksyonov, warned radical not to station images of captious infrastructure connected the internet.

He urged radical who knew the authors of specified posts to study them to the interior ministry oregon the FSB information service.

"Remember that a video posted connected the web of subject oregon different captious facilities is enactment for the enemy," helium said.