On the night of Friday, May 2, the Crimean peninsula became the scene of one of the most massive drone attacks to date. According to information disseminated by Ukrainian radio HB and numerous Telegram channels, there were strikes on military facilities in Simferopol, Sevastopol and surrounding areas, Focus reports.
The Crimean Wind channel reported a large-scale attack on Sevastopol, with the Kacha airport being particularly affected. Eyewitnesses claim to have heard a series of explosions and describe the attack as the largest yet against the city.
Reports on social networks also confirm explosions in the area of the military airbase in Gvardeysk, where fires broke out after the strikes. There were also strikes on ammunition depots and military airfields in Belbek and Saki, as well as explosions in Feodosia, Yevpatoria, Dzhankoy and near the Simferopol airport.
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Andriy Kovalenko, indirectly confirmed the operations. He described the attacks as part of the process of demilitarization of Crimea, from where Russia continues its military operations against Ukraine. "Explosions in Crimea at military sites are exclusively a security component," he said.
In response, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian air defenses had neutralized 121 drones overnight - 89 over Crimea and 23 over the Black Sea.
Data from NASA's FIRMS system, which monitors thermal anomalies, shows a large-scale fire near the village of Uglove - just 7 km from the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Kacha military airbase.