KYIV — Ukraine mentioned Tuesday that Russian cruise missiles had been destroyed in a blast on the Crimean peninsula that was annexed by Moscow in 2014, however denied duty for the “mysterious” incident.
“An explosion in the town of Dzhankoi in the north of temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr-NK cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail,” Ukrainian army intelligence mentioned in an announcement on social media.
Russian investigators had earlier mentioned that air protection techniques repelled a drone assault at Dzhankoi and that particles from the incident broken a store and residential and left one particular person injured.
“The targets of all downed drones were civilian objects,” the Investigative Committee added in its assertion.
Dzhankoi is a logistics hub on the border between Russian-controlled Crimea and southern Ukraine, which got here beneath management of Russian forces after they invaded in February final yr.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an advisor to the Russian-installed head of Crimea, mentioned the assault was apparently “revenge” for the annexation, a number of days after Moscow celebrated the ninth anniversary of the area’s takeover.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea over the weekend, his first to the peninsula since he despatched troops to Ukraine on February 24 final yr. — Agence France-Presse
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