{"id":6401,"date":"2023-04-29T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2023-04-29T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:50:17","slug":"ukrainian-drones-attack-crimean-oil-storage-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/europe\/russia\/ukrainian-drones-attack-crimean-oil-storage-facilities\/2023\/04\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones attack Crimean oil storage facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

KIEV,<\/span> UKRAINE<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Massive<\/span> fires<\/span> erupted<\/span> at<\/span> an<\/span> oil<\/span> depot<\/span> in<\/span> Crimea<\/span> after<\/span> two<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> drones<\/span> attacked<\/span> it,<\/span> a<\/span> Russian-appointed<\/span> official<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span> Due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> expected<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> counterattack.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mikhail<\/span> Razbodzaev,<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Crimean<\/span> port<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Sevastopol,<\/span> posted<\/span> videos<\/span> and<\/span> photos<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> blaze<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> Telegram<\/span> channel.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Razvozhayev<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> fire<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> port<\/span> was<\/span> given<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> rank<\/span> in<\/span> terms<\/span> of<\/span> difficulty<\/span> of<\/span> extinguishing<\/span> it.<\/span> However,<\/span> he<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> open<\/span> fire<\/span> was<\/span> contained.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Razvozhayev<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> oil<\/span> depot<\/span> was<\/span> hit<\/span> by<\/span> “two<\/span> enemy<\/span> drones”<\/span> and<\/span> four<\/span> oil<\/span> tanks<\/span> were<\/span> burned.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> Moscow-appointed<\/span> governor<\/span> of<\/span> Crimea<\/span> Sergei<\/span> Aksyonov,<\/span> a<\/span> third<\/span> drone<\/span> was<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> sky<\/span> and<\/span> another<\/span> was<\/span> neutralized<\/span> by<\/span> radio-electronic<\/span> means.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> annexed<\/span> Crimea<\/span> from<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> in<\/span> 2014,<\/span> a<\/span> move<\/span> considered<\/span> illegal<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world.<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> interview<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> country<\/span> would<\/span> try<\/span> to<\/span> retake<\/span> the<\/span> peninsula<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> counteroffensive.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin<\/span> visited<\/span> Crimea<\/span> last<\/span> month<\/span> to<\/span> mark<\/span> the<\/span> ninth<\/span> anniversary<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> annexation<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> Peninsula.<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> visit<\/span> came<\/span> a<\/span> day<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court<\/span> issued<\/span> an<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> leader<\/span> and<\/span> accused<\/span> him<\/span> of<\/span> war<\/span> crimes.<\/span> The<\/span> attack,<\/span> reported<\/span> in<\/span> Sevastopol,<\/span> comes<\/span> a<\/span> day<\/span> after<\/span> Russia<\/span> fired<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 20<\/span> cruise<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> drones<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> killing<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 23<\/span> people.<\/span> Two<\/span> rockets<\/span> hit<\/span> an<\/span> apartment<\/span> building<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Uman<\/span> city<\/span> in<\/span> central<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> killing<\/span> almost<\/span> all<\/span> the<\/span> victims.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukraine’s<\/span> Interior<\/span> Minister<\/span> Ihor<\/span> Klimenko<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> that<\/span> six<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> children<\/span> were<\/span> among<\/span> the<\/span> dead,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> identified<\/span> 22<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> 23<\/span> bodies<\/span> recovered.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0According<\/span> to<\/span> Klimenko,<\/span> two<\/span> women<\/span> remain<\/span> missing.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> more<\/span> drones<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> overnight.<\/span> The<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Air<\/span> Force<\/span> Command<\/span> said<\/span> two<\/span> Iranian<\/span> Shahed<\/span> suicide<\/span> drones<\/span> were<\/span> intercepted<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> reconnaissance<\/span> drone<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> Saturday<\/span> morning.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Razvozhayev<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> fire<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> oil<\/span> depot<\/span> would<\/span> not<\/span> cause<\/span> casualties<\/span> or<\/span> interrupt<\/span> fuel<\/span> supplies<\/span> in<\/span> Sevastopol.<\/span> The<\/span> city<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> subject<\/span> to<\/span> regular<\/span> drone<\/span> attacks,<\/span> especially<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> weeks.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week,<\/span> Razvozhayev<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> Russian<\/span> forces<\/span> destroyed<\/span> a<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> maritime<\/span> drone<\/span> attempting<\/span> to<\/span> attack<\/span> a<\/span> port,<\/span> and<\/span> another<\/span> exploded,<\/span> breaking<\/span> windows<\/span> in<\/span> several<\/span> apartments<\/span> but<\/span> causing<\/span> no<\/span> further<\/span> damage.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Andriy<\/span> Yusov,<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Military<\/span> Intelligence<\/span> Service,<\/span> told<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> RBC<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> oil<\/span> depot<\/span> fire<\/span> was<\/span> “God’s<\/span> punishment”<\/span> for<\/span> “civilians,<\/span> including<\/span> five<\/span> children<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> Uman.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> said<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> dozen<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> tanks<\/span> containing<\/span> petroleum<\/span> products<\/span> destined<\/span> for<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> Fleet<\/span> were<\/span> destroyed<\/span> in<\/span> Sevastopol,<\/span> but<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> acknowledge<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> responsibility<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> drone<\/span> attack.<\/span> The<\/span> difference<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> tanks<\/span> given<\/span> by<\/span> Yusov<\/span> and<\/span> Razvozhayev<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> leveled.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Even<\/span> after<\/span> previous<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> Crimea,<\/span> Kiev<\/span> has<\/span> openly<\/span> denied<\/span> responsibility,<\/span> but<\/span> stressed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> has<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> to<\/span> strike<\/span> any<\/span> target<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> aggression.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Elsewhere,<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> forces<\/span> shelled<\/span> the<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Nova<\/span> Kakhovka,<\/span> while<\/span> Moscow-based<\/span> authorities<\/span> shelled<\/span> Russian-held<\/span> areas<\/span> of<\/span> Kherson<\/span> Oblast<\/span> in<\/span> southern<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> “Artillery<\/span> fire”<\/span> caused<\/span> a<\/span> power<\/span> outage<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Ukrainian-controlled<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> province<\/span> was<\/span> also<\/span> set<\/span> on<\/span> fire<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span> The<\/span> Kherson<\/span> Public<\/span> Prosecutor’s<\/span> Office<\/span> said<\/span> one<\/span> person<\/span> was<\/span> killed<\/span> and<\/span> another<\/span> wounded<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> artillery<\/span> shelling<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> village<\/span> of<\/span> Birozerka.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KIEV, UKRAINE (Reuters) – Massive fires erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after two Ukrainian drones attacked it, a Russian-appointed official said on Saturday. Due to the expected Ukrainian counterattack. Mikhail Razbodzaev, governor of the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel. Razvozhayev said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2480,2482,26,276,280],"tags":[4334,1315,4335,1321,4336,1943,4337,1944,4338,1951,4339,3161,4340,4271,4280,4282,4328,4329,4330,4331,4332,4333],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ukr.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6404,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions\/6404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}