Ukrainian authorities stopped short of taking responsibility for the attack but said the strike should prompt Russia to leave the Black Sea peninsula.
Russian “Kalibr” cruise missiles were destroyed in an explosion as they were being transported by train to Russia’s Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said Monday evening.
Missiles carried by rail were destroyed by an explosion in Dzhankoi, a key railroad junction in the Crimea peninsula, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said late Monday evening. Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said that Ukrainian drones targeted civilian facilities in Dzhankoi.
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