Published: July 19, 2023 4:51 am
Author: RT
Some 2,000 people were told to temporarily relocate, according to local authorities
Crimean authorities have shut down a major highway and ordered the evacuation of four settlements in the immediate vicinity of an ammunition depot in the east of the peninsula, which “caught fire” on Wednesday morning.
Crimean Governor Sergey Aksyono announced the plan to “temporarily evacuate residents of four settlements – more than two thousand people” around 7:15am local time, shortly after announcing that a segment of Tavrida highway was closed due to major blaze at a local military range.
The cause of the incident has yet to be officially confirmed, but several popular Telegram channels have shared videos purportedly showing the fire.
The incident comes one day after the Russian military reportedly intercepted at least 28 Ukrainian drones which attempted to strike multiple locations across the peninsula on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, Kiev used two unmanned maritime surface drones to target the Crimean Bridge, in a terrorist attack which, according to Moscow, claimed the lives of two civilians and injured a child. Tavrida is a major 250-kilometer highway which continues from the bridge into the peninsula itself.
