Drone Strikes Ammunition Depot in Crimea’s Perevalne, Explosions Ongoing

In temporarily occupied Crimea, a drone struck an ammunition depot near Simferopol, where explosions and a fire are ongoing.

The Crimean Wind Telegram channel and eyewitnesses reported about this on local social media.

It is reported that during a morning attack on Friday, May 16, the ammunition depot of the 126th Coastal Defence Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the village of Perevalne was hit.

The Telegram channel published a video, which allegedly shows the ammunition depot on fire.

Due to the detonation, the Russian invaders closed the Simferopol-Alushta road. Meanwhile, many ambulances, as reported by local groups, drove towards Perevalne.

There is a possibility of Russian military personnel being killed who were on the territory of the depot at the time of the strike.

The 126th Brigade (military unit 12676) and the 8th Artillery Regiment (military unit 87714) are stationed in Perevalne. Their territory contains facilities for storing military equipment and weapons, as well as, possibly, fuel and lubricants.

In the morning, reports came in about a series of explosions in Yalta, Hurzuf, Alupka, Alushta, and other settlements. The occupying administration claims that drones were shot down.

The Russians stated that they had shot down supposedly 43 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and 21 over temporarily occupied Crimea.

It was recently reported that Ukrainian drones had struck the 91N6 radar, part of the Russian S-400 air defense system, on the peninsula.

The strike on the Russian radar position on the outskirts of the city of Saky was carried out by three drones.

It is important to note that disabling Russian radars provides Ukrainian strike drones and missiles with the opportunity to remain undetected by Russian air defense systems on the temporarily occupied peninsula, allowing them to successfully reach their intended targets.