A Russian rocket that exploded in the Crimea region this Monday injured one person after being intercepted by drones. According to Reuters, an adviser to the head of Crimea in Russia says that the device was aimed at civilians, and added that the air defense was activated.
“An explosion in the city of Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Northern Crimea destroyed Russian Caliber-KN cruise missiles while being transported in a convoy,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine said in a statement. . . .
The statement said the missiles were intended to be launched by Russian troops from the Black Sea.
The Russian leader is installed in the city of Dzhankoy, quotes This is reported by the Russian news agency TASS. the house, school and grocery store burned down. He added that the incident caused damage to the power grid.
“All the drones were aimed at civilians. One was shot down over the Dzhankoy technical school and landed between the training area and the school,” Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea in Russia, wrote in his Telegram account, adding that “there are no military facilities nearby. The rest were shot down in residential areas. In addition to explosives, each of them carried shrapnel.”
The Ukrainian military is pushing to have Dzhankoy and the surrounding areas transformed into Moscow’s largest military base in Crimea, and a Russian military airbase already exists near the city.