Ukraine army announces successful operation in Crimea

Chief of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate Maj Gen Kirill Budanov has said that the explosion at a training ground in Crimea was the result of operations by the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“A successful operation was carried out in the occupied Crimea. The enemy [Russia] hides the scale of the damage and the number of losses in manpower. Thanks to the Ukrainian patriots in Crimea for additional information and video of the joint work of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Budanov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Earlier, it was reported that a fire occurred at a training ground in the Kirovsky district in the east of Crimea, because of which the Tavrida highway was blocked. From the area adjacent to the landfill in the Kirovsky district, it is planned to evacuate the inhabitants of four settlements - this is more than 2 thousand people. Deployed operational headquarters.