On 30 December, a powerful explosion occurred in Sevastopol. The occupiers announced it was an attempt to attack Crimea with a drone.
Explosion was heard in Crimea
The explosion occurred at around 8:44 a.m., Kyiv time.
The explosion in the central part of Sevastopol shook the windows. So far, the Russian authorities and the Russian military have not commented on the situation, the newspaper writes.
According to the so-called governor of Russia's temporary occupation "authorities" in Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian terrorists allegedly repelled an attempt to attack a surface drone.
According to information from the military, three kilometres from Sevastopol Bay in the open sea, helicopters destroyed the power plant," Razvozhayev writes.
Instead, the Ministry of Defence of Russia stated that the Ukrainian Navy had sent an unmanned boat to Crimea that was allegedly been destroyed.
On 30 December, at around 10 a.m., Moscow time, an unmanned boat of the Ukrainian Navy was spotted in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, moving towards the Crimean peninsula. The target was destroyed by the regular weapons of a Black Sea Fleet patrol ship, the occupiers reported.
What is the situation in Crimea?
Explosions are becoming more frequent in Crimea. Our defenders have already conducted dozens of operations on the peninsula and in the Black Sea, destroying Russian bases, warehouses and ships.
For example, a series of explosions occurred recently, on 28 December, in the Kozacha Bay area of Sevastopol. Before that, explosions were also heard in the Crimean town of Krasnoperekopsk.
Also on the night of 26 December, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed a large Russian landing ship Novocherkassk in Feodosia.
This was a continuation of a series of destructions of ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet by Ukraine, as a result of which some ships were withdrawn from the bays of Crimea.
