Posted on 04/29/2023 8:58:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The day after Russia mounted large-scale airstrikes and cruise missile attacks on cities across Ukraine, drones penetrated Crimea air defenses on Saturday and blew up a fuel depot in the peninsula's main port of Sevastopol.
Home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the port city has throughout the war come under sporadic long-distance drone attacks from Ukraine, also as President Zelensky has continued to promised its "liberation".
Throughout much of Saturday a huge fire raged in the Kazachya Bay district of the city, with governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev first announcing on Telegram that "according to preliminary information, it was caused by a drone strike."
He also confirmed the fire's very large size, at "around 1,000 square meters" - as social media images and footage circulate showing a massive fireball and smoke cloud. 
"There is no threat to civilian infrastructure," he said of the attack which resulted in no fatalities or injuries. Later in the day the fire was reported to be under control and contained by emergency responders.
A video after 2 hours since the explosions atbthe oil terminal in Kozacha bay pic.twitter.com/J7hdIEf6dK — Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) April 29, 2023
According to more from Russian state media, "The governor also revealed that the oil storage had been targeted by at least two unmanned aircraft, the first of which was shot down by the depot’s guards." And further, "The second one, however, made it through, causing the massive fire."
Ukrainian UAVs have of late also been making it deep into Russia-proper, with a drone on Monday being found crashed in a forest outside of Moscow.
Ukrainian forces are trying to make life uncomfortable for Russian leadership, given the recent rumors of "assassination" attempts using drones.
BREAKING: Massive smoke spotted from miles away after an oil storage facility in the city of Sevastopol in Crimea was targeted in a drone attack pic.twitter.com/tDM3kt06Xu — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 29, 2023
Last month President Putin himself visited Crimea for ceremonies marking the the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine through the 'popular referendum' held by authorities there, which resulted in an overwhelming vote to join the Russian Federation.
one fuel depot isnt much of a response to the missile strikes. they got to respond a hell of a lot harder than that. WTF are they spending my 100 Billion dollars on (minus CONgress’ cut) ??? cocaine or rockets?
“””cocaine or rockets?”””
Since we are in month fifteen of a 10-day invasion by what was at the time the world’s second-best military, I’m thinking it went for rockets.
The fuel tanks hit are part of the Russian fleet’s fuel supply. Three tanks are gone, three were probably heat damaged due to proximity to the ones that burned. One other drone was shot down, but if it had hit the other six tanks might have gone up as well. That would cause the Sevastopol fleet to be very limited in its operations.
I suspect there are a lot more sabotage operations going on in Russia that we don’t hear much about.
Soros and Schwarz need more $$. So does Hunter Biden. So it’s cocaine.
Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine. We have devolved into the world’s global Karen sticking our nose in everyone’s business even when we don’t have a vital national security interest. Russia/Ukraine is a perfect example of an American woman wanting to talk to a former abusive Russian husband of her girlfriend to give him a piece of her mind over the old divorce property settlement they have been fighting about while the girlfriend rummages through her closet looking for a new wardrobe.
Two socialists fighting over their divorce - long after the divorce.
Dang !, sure glad it’s Bidementia in charge instead of the real President.
-fJRoberts-
Vampiress Victoria Nuland
now destroy the bridge
Ukraine hits military targets. Russians hit apartment buildings.
In my view, there is not enough Tit for the Russian Tat.
The Tit must be 50% of the Russian oil revenue as reparations for as long as it takes to rebuild Ukraine.
UK: West Must Double Down Even if Ukr Offensive Fails, Medvedev: Russia Will Go Full Victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DME9gPoQWIU&ab_channel=AlexanderMercouris
Given Sevastopol is one of Russia’s key sea ports, the fuel depot may have been one of the easiest to access for stocking fuel needed for the military campaign.
With that gone it may be more difficult to resupply their forces. That means moving large numbers of troops and equipment to respond to attacks in different areas may result in delays.
The lawyers dividing up the spoils in the divorce did a crappy job of partitioning.
Paging Greta-——
Look at that wisp of smoke.
Good thing Calif is going to throttle it’s trains and trucks.
They can make up for it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.