Crimea. Attack on Sevastopol. Traffic on the Crimean Bridge was suspended

On Sunday morning, Russian social media and press agencies reported that v Sewastopolulocated in temporarily occupied Crimea, explosions were heard.

After 7 a.m. local time traffic on the Crimean Bridge was temporarily suspended. “Vehicle traffic is temporarily blocked. People on the bridge and in the control area are asked to remain calm and follow the instructions of transport security officers,” the press service of the crossing reported.

After more than an hour, according to one social media channel, the missile threat was lifted and the bridge was operational again. The press service of the Kerch Bridge reported that there were queues for the crossing on both sides A total of nearly 210 vehicles are waiting.

The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozaev, also commented on the morning incident. As he stated, Russian air defense managed to repel the anti-ship missile attack. “Falling fragments caused a small firewhich was quickly extinguished,” Razvohayev added. The governor also insisted on trusting only information from official sources.

There was also information that the missile was supposed to hit one of the ships in the bay. A video appeared online in which a man captured the fire and rising smoke. – The rocket hit the ship. You see? It's burning, he said.

Let us remind you that on May 9 in Crimea there will be no parade organized every year to celebrate Victory Day. “This is related to security issues,” said the “head” of the occupation authorities of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov.

The uneasy situation on the Crimean peninsula has existed almost since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukrainea attacks on Sevastopol became more frequent. Only on Monday, alarm sirens sounded there and traffic on the Crimean Bridge was suspended. Several groups of missiles were supposed to be heading towards the peninsula, but Radio Svoboda, which reported this information, was unable to verify this information.

A similar situation occurred on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, when an alarm was announced on the Crimean peninsula. Ukrainian Pravda reported that “there were sounds of explosions and residents reported a fire in the area of ​​the military airport“. There was probably an ammunition explosion.

Also in March, there was a massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the peninsula. At that time, Russian air defense shot down over 10 missiles over Sevastopol, but they were not able to neutralize all the missiles.

Stay updated and become one of over 200,000 followers of our fanpage – like Interia Events on Facebook and comment on our articles there!