Part of downed missile falls on nine-storey building in Russian-occupied Sevastopol – photos
Pravda Ukraine
Explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of 1-2 August, and an air-raid warning was issued because of a ballistic missile threat there. It became known in the morning that the high explosive part of a missile shot down at night had pierced the roof and got stuck on the technical floor of a nine-storey building on General Ostryakov Avenue in Sevastopol.
Source: local Telegram channels; Mikhail Razvozhayev, Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, on Telegram; Krymskiy veter (Crimean Wind), a Crimean local news outlet
Details: Explosions were heard in the cities of Saky, Yevpatoriia, Balaklava, Sevastopol and Simferopol.
Razvozhayev reported a ballistic missile threat in Crimea.
Update: In Russian-occupied Sevastopol, the all-clear was given at around 02:00.
The occupation authorities reported that some pieces of missiles and drones fell in four places and that pieces of a drone even fell on the roof of a house.
Razvozhayev also noted that “more than four” aerial targets had been shot down.
Around 03:00, he noted that the threat of a drone attack would continue throughout the night.
Local Telegram channels cited sources saying the Black Sea Fleet shipyard had been attacked.
It became known in the morning that the high explosive part of the downed missile had pierced the roof and got stuck on the technical floor of a nine-storey building on General Ostryakov Avenue in Sevastopol.
A large number of submunitions were also found on the road next to the building.
Razvozhayev noted that a decision was made to evacuate the area while bomb disposal experts were working to clear the downed missile. The area around the house is cordoned off.
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