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8/10/2022–|Last updated: 8/10/202214:52 (Mecca)
Crimea has witnessed multiple attacks this year, attributed to Ukraine, the most recent of which was the Saturday morning attack on the bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the peninsula, which is gaining a special strategic and economic position in Fly.
Here are the five most notable attacks that hit Crimea this year:
June 20
Local authorities loyal to Russia have accused Ukraine of targeting 3 offshore platforms belonging to a company in the Mediterranean, about 150 km from Crimea.
August 9
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that an explosion of aerial ammunition occurred in the area of the Saki military airport and caused explosions near the city of Novoderovk.
August 16
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that there were fatalities as a result of what it described as a sabotage operation at an ammunition depot near the northern Crimean city of Maiskoye.
August 20
Russian forces were attacked by a drone that targeted the Russian fleet in the Black Sea in the city of Sevastopol and were shot down by Russian air defenses.
October 8
The Kerch bridge connecting the Russian mainland with Crimea was detonated by a truck bomb; It caused a huge fire that broke out in the fuel tanks and led to the collapse of one of the two traffic lanes.
The Kerch Bridge – which was inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in May 2018 and spans 19km – is a huge and expensive project that took two years to connect Russia with Crimea, and aims to reduce isolation. of the peninsula after 4 years of its annexation to the Russian Federation and its refusal A large international transfer to Moscow.
