Explosions heard in Crimea, Russian forces report air defense activity

Head of occupation administration Sergey Aksyonov wrote on Telegram that the drone was shot down in western Crimea.

“In western Crimea, air defense forces shot down a UAV. Our servicemen are solving the problem clearly and efficiently,” the message says. 

The so-called governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, also claimed the drone attack was underway and said that all city services were on alert.

“Fleet forces in cooperation with air defense are now repelling the attack of enemy UAVs on the outer raid. One drone has already been shot down. All city services are on alert,” he wrote.

• On April 29, the occupation authorities of Crimea announced a drone attack on an oil depot in Sevastopol.

• On April 29, explosions at an oil depot in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol destroyed 10 tanks with oil products with a capacity of 40,000 tons.

• On April 30, Operational Command South's press center head Natalia Humeniuk said that the explosions at the Russian oil depot in Sevastopol were preparations for active offensive actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.