Explosions reported in Russian-occupied Crimea amid alleged Ukrainian drone strikes

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Explosions could possibly be heard throughout Crimea early on June 13, together with in Sevastopol and Simferopol, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported amid Russian claims of Ukrainian drone assaults.

The professional-Ukrainian Telegram channel reported successful in Simferopol, Crimea's capital, sharing a photograph of a plume of smoke rising within the neighborhood of an area energy station and of the village of Perevalne. Blasts in Yevpatoriia, Saki, Fedosia, and elsewhere have been additionally reported.

Russia's Protection Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 125 Ukrainian drones in a single day on June 13, together with 70 over Crimea and 7 over the Black Sea.

The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t confirm the claims. Ukraine has not commented on the alleged assaults.

Russia has illegally occupied Crimea since 2014, remodeling the peninsula right into a closely militarized stronghold to help its struggle towards Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly focused the peninsula with missiles and drones because the outbreak of the full-scale struggle in 2022. Most lately, Ukrainian drones attacked an ammunition depot utilized by Russia's 126th Coastal Protection Brigade close to the village of Perevalne.

As Russian losses in Ukraine hit 1 million, Putin’s war economy heads toward breaking pointRussian losses in Ukraine hit a massive, and grim milestone on June 12 — 1 million Russian soldiers killed or wounded during the 39-month-long full-scale war, according to figures from Kyiv. Although hugely symbolic, the number is unlikely to prompt a change in tactics from Moscow as it gears up forThe Kyiv IndependentChris York