80 years ago at the orders of #Stalin the #Crimean Tatars -around 220 thousand of them,- were deported to Central Asia. Nearly half of them died en route or in the first few years of their forced exile.
According to reports by Crimean media, last night there was a direct hit to the main Russian warehouse of missile and artillery weapons where most of the missiles for the Su-27, Su-30 and MiG-31 aircraft were stored in occupied Crimea.
#Israel bombing #Hisbollah targets in Baalbek#Lebanon, while #Ukraine bombing Belbek air base in #Russia occupied #Crimea (yes, for the second time). Did they agree on these targets or what? 🤔
P.S. this made me curious about the etymology of these names 🤔
CRIMEA MASSIVE ATTACK: BELBEK AIRFIELD ON FIRE & ROBERT FICO ATTEMPT
by #AnnafromUkraine
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Russian airfield in #Belbek, #Crimea has been struck by Ukrainian missile attack.
Assassination attempt on Robert #Fico, Prime minister of #Slovakia.
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🇺🇦 hits area near #Belbek airbase in occupied #Crimea, destroying large amounts of 🇷🇺 ammunition and equipment.
🇷🇺 has brought fighting to the streets of #Vovchansk but invasion in #Kharkiv has largely been slowed down by 🇺🇦 forces, leading to 🇷🇺 abandoning plans to enter #Sumy.
🇷🇺 losses continue to mount, with over 1,500 soldiers lost in the past day.
Fire broke out in Khimprom chemical plant, one of the largest in 🇷🇺, located in #Novocheboksarsk, over 1,000km from the border with #Ukraine.
Explosions were heard in the city and fires are still burning near the Belbek military airfield after an alleged missile attack against occupied Crimea on May 15.
The Russian air defense military base on Mount Ai-Petri was damaged as a result of the morning missile attack on #Crimea. The commander of the military unit died
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#RUSSIA SLOWS USE OF CRIMEAN BRIDGE DUE TO UKRAINIAN ATTACKS:
Last July the Kerch Bridge connecting Russia to #Crimea was attacked — and since then Russia has not used the railway portion of the bridge to transport military cargo, analysts for Molfar write.
🔥GUR in #Crimea destroyed Russian patrol boat "Mongoose", 🇺🇸Last Sunday #Ukraine received a shipment of anti-armor rockets, missiles, artillery shells, 🇪🇸#Spain confirmed the arrival of PATRIOT missiles to Ukraine!
In a post on Telegram, the Kremlin's Defense Ministry said four ATACMS missiles provided to Ukraine by the U.S. were intercepted overnight by "air defense systems on duty." It did not say if falling debris had caused any damage.
Spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria #Zakharova threatens a retaliatory strike if the Crimean bridge is attacked with Western support.
"I would like again to warn #Washington, #London, #Brussels that any aggressive actions against #Crimea are not only doomed to fail, but will also be met with a blow of retaliation that will be crushing,"
Ukrainian forces will be able to use a newly delivered, coveted long-range missile system to more effectively target Russian forces in occupied Crimea, senior Pentagon officials said on Thursday.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw #Sikorski in a speech before the Sejm, stated that #Poland has no territorial claims to #Ukraine.
“#Russia is lying about Poland’s alleged plans to annex part of Ukraine. #Donbas is Ukraine. #Crimea is Ukraine. #Lviv, #Volyn, and the former Eastern #Galicia [Halychyna] are also Ukraine. So, I’m repeating this for the Kremlin to hear: Lviv is Ukraine,” the foreign minister reiterated in Ukrainian as well as in Polish.
Russian proxy: Missile attack causes fires, explosions in occupied Sevastopol (kyivindependent.com)
Explosions were heard in the city and fires are still burning near the Belbek military airfield after an alleged missile attack against occupied Crimea on May 15.
Russia claims to have downed ATACMS over Crimea (kyivindependent.com)
In a post on Telegram, the Kremlin's Defense Ministry said four ATACMS missiles provided to Ukraine by the U.S. were intercepted overnight by "air defense systems on duty." It did not say if falling debris had caused any damage.