Not One Day Without Fire: Chronicle Of Sabotage In Russia, Occupied Crimea
- 4.05.2023, 12:46
The geography of incidents has seriously expanded.
The number of explosions on the territory of Russia and occupied Crimea has been on the rise lately. The incidents used to take place close to the border with Ukraine, but over time the geography has seriously expanded.
Charter97.org has compiled the most high-profile cases in one place.
In the morning of April 29, a fire broke out in Sevastopol on an area of one thousand square meters because a drone hit a fuel tank. The fire was assigned the fourth hazard class, and a fire train was engaged to extinguish it. Traditionally, the so-called "authorities" in Sevastopol blamed Ukraine. The fire was allegedly the result of an attack by Ukrainian drones.
On Saturday evening, April 29, a fire broke out on the premises of the Motovilikhinskiye Zavody company in Russia's Perm. They produce artillery, mortars and multiple rocket launchers for the Russian occupation army there. The Kama Ministry for Emergency Situations said that a transformer box caught fire at the plant. The reasons for the fire are unknown.
During the night of May 1, a power line pylon near St Petersburg was blown up and an explosive device was found near another one.
On Monday afternoon, partisans derailed a train carrying oil products in Bryansk Region, Russia. A train carrying 60 cars loaded with oil products and lumber derailed on the Rassukha-Unecha line due to a damaged track. The train was running under the control of the locomotive crew of the Belarusian Railways.
On May 2 there was another explosion on the railway tracks in Bryansk region. Three explosions occurred on the railway tracks near the station Snezhetskaya during the passage of a freight train. As a result, 20 wagons of the freight train derailed.
During the night of May 3, a tank of oil products caught fire in Taman, Temryuk District, Krasnodar Territory of Russia. The fire was given the highest degree of difficulty. Local media outlets reported that an explosion was heard.
The fire was even visible from the Crimean bridge.
On 3 May, Putin's press service reported that the Ukrainian armed forces had attacked the Kremlin with drones. It is known that the drones flew towards the Kremlin from different directions - the first one exploded over the Senate Palace, after which a fire broke out on the roof. The second drone exploded in mid-air over the Kremlin about 15 minutes later.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Kyiv's involvement in the attack on the Kremlin. Experts have different opinions on who might be behind the attack, so Charter97.org has compiled the main theories at the moment. You can read them at the link.
At night on May 4, oil product tanks caught fire at the Ilya oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Territory. Russian propaganda media TASS says the fire was caused by an unidentified drone attack.
Another drone exploded overnight at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in Russia's Rostov Region. It was reported by Governor of the region Vasily Golubev. According to him, the explosion had no serious consequences.
Thus, two Russian oil refineries located in regions bordering Ukraine were attacked last night.