A fuel depot caught fire in a drone strike on the Crimean port of Sevastopol, causing huge volumes of black smoke in the sky. While the Moscow-installed governor has blamed Ukraine for the drone attack, no Ukrainian counterpart has admitted responsibility for the same, calling it ‘God’s Punishment for the attack on Uman’.
Source: Reuters
On Saturday, an oil-carrying depot in the port of Sevastopol met with a drone strike, causing huge fumes of smoke into the sky.
Mikhail Razvozhaev stated to the public on Telegram, ‘Despite several attacks, only one drone missile was able to hit the oil reservoir’. The Russian military was able to counter subsequent drone attacks in a timely manner. No casualty or injury has been reported. The Russian military officials had announced that the servicemen had been able to defend another attack from the aerial drone on Saturday.
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Russia-Ukraine war
Russia and Ukraine entered a war on 24 February 2024 when Ukraine, despite several warnings from Russia, decided to side with the NATO nations. While Ukraine calls it a forceful invasion that repressed their sovereignty, according to Russia, the move was a warranted action to ensure the safety and security of Russia and the Crimean peninsula. Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine claims sovereign rights to Crimea and has promised to reclaim it which was forcefully invaded and occupied by Russia in the year 2014. Since then, the topic of Russia and Ukraine had become an international news.
Response by Ukraine on Sevastopol attack
In response to the alleged latest attacks in Ukraine on Sevastopol, the Ukrainian intelligence official stated that the attack managed to destroy about 10 tanks of oil products which had a capacity of 40,000 tonnes. According to the official, the oil was intended for the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. Andriy Yusov or other military officials of Ukraine had not claimed responsibility for the explosion. However, he stated that the attack is “God’s punishment” on Russia for its invasion of the Ukrainian city of Uman, which had killed 25 people. According to President Zelensky, there were six children among the 25 people killed in the Russian strike in Uman.
Source: Aljazeera
Ukraine had long promised a counter-attack on Russia for the invasion of the country. Yusov also suggested the people residing in Crimea not to stay near Russian military facilities or facilities providing for the same for their own safety and security.
Source: The Washington Post
The attack is not the first one on Russia-occupied Crimea. Sevastopol, in particular, had been at the end of multiple aerial attacks by Ukraine even since Russia had launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Response by Russia on Sevastopol attack
Razvozhayev informed the media that the Russian military has managed to destroy a Ukrainian surface sea drone which had attempted to attack Sevastopol harbour. It had also dropped down another drone, preventing the damage it could have inflicted on the people. Sevastopol is not new to the aerial attacks by Ukraine. Ukraine has ceased to openly claim its responsibility for the attacks in a while but has rather stated that any attacks in response to the Russian aggression are their rights.
It is interesting to note that prior to the day of the drone attack, the city of Uman was invaded in which Russian missiles hit the residential quarters, killing 25 people. At the onset of this attack, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested his international allies to provide him with superior air defences, including fighter jets. In a video message on Friday, he stated that anything that must be done to defend the people and land of Ukraine will be done.
