Explosions Erupted Overnight Near Military Bases Deep In The Russian Territories Of Ukraine

Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in the Russian territories of Ukraine and Russia itself, an apparent demonstration of Kiev’s rapidly growing ability to wreak havoc on Moscow’s logistics away from the front lines. The blasts followed massive explosions last week at an airbase in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a new assessment, a Western official said the incident wiped out half of Russia’s air force in the Black Sea in one stroke. Ukraine also issued a warning about a frontline nuclear power plant where it said it believed Moscow was planning a “large-scale provocation” as a justification for disconnecting the plant from Ukraine’s electricity grid and connecting it to Russia’s. Continuing the blame game, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of bombing the Zaporizhia complex, risking nuclear destruction. In Crimea – which Moscow seized in 2014 – explosions were reported near an air base in Belbek, on the south-west coast near Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. At the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky also lit up in Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow said was fire from its air defences. Inside Russia, two villages were evacuated after explosions at a munitions dump in Belgorod province, near the Ukrainian border but more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from territory controlled by Ukrainian forces. Closer to the front, Kyiv also announced a series of overnight raids behind Russian lines in southern Kherson province, including a bridge over the Kakhovska Dam, one of the last routes for Russia to supply thousands of troops to the west bank of the Dnipro River. . “Ukrainian armed forces treated Russians to a magical evening,” Seriy Khlan, a member of the Kherson regional council that was dissolved by Russian occupation forces, wrote on Facebook. Kyiv has seen its role, withholding official commentary on incidents in Crimea or Russia, while hinting that it is behind them using long-range weapons or sabotage. Russian officials said no one was injured in the latest blasts in Crimea and Belgorod. They said they shot down drones in Belbek and Kerch and confirmed they had ordered the evacuation of two villages in Belgorod. Video showing massive flames and smoke reportedly at the Russian base in Belbek was posted on Twitter by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. “It sure looks bad – or good – depending on perspective,” he wrote. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video. A Western official said on Friday that at least some of the incidents were Ukrainian attacks, saying Kyiv was now achieving consistent “kinetic results” deep behind Russian lines. Such attacks hit Russia’s forces and had a “significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The massive explosions on Aug. 9 at Russia’s Saky air base on the Crimean coast put more than half of the warplanes in the Black Sea fleet out of service, the official said, in one of the costliest attacks of the war. Russia denied any aircraft were damaged in what it called an accident, although commercial satellite images showed at least eight warplanes burned to the ground and several huge impact craters. Moscow fired the head of its Black Sea fleet this week. Ukraine hopes its apparent new ability to strike Russian targets behind the front lines can turn the tide in the conflict by disrupting the supply lines Moscow needs to support its occupation. Since last month, Ukraine has been using advanced missiles supplied by the West to strike behind Russian lines. The overnight explosions in Crimea and Belgorod were beyond the range of the munitions Western countries have acknowledged sending so far. In recent days, Kyiv has been warning Russians, for whom Crimea has become a popular summer holiday destination, that nowhere on the peninsula is safe while it is occupied. When the coastal air base was hit last week, Russian tourists were photographed on nearby beaches, looking out of bells at huge mushroom clouds in the sky. Ukraine’s nuclear power operator said on Friday it suspected Moscow was planning to transfer the Zaporizhia plant to the Russian power grid, a complex operation that Kyiv says could spell disaster. The power station is held by Russian troops on the bank of a reservoir. Ukrainian forces control the opposite bank. Moscow rejected international calls to demilitarize the plant and Putin repeated accusations that Kyiv was bombing it in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in the call. It said Putin warned of “a risk of large-scale destruction that could lead to the contamination of vast areas by radiation.” Kyiv denies this and says Russia is using the plant as a shield for forces to fire on Ukrainian-controlled cities. Reuters cannot independently verify the military situation at the plant. Macron’s office said Putin had agreed to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Zaporizhia. An IAEA spokesman said it was in active consultation with all parties to send its mission “as soon as possible”. Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee since Russia launched its invasion on February 24, saying it aimed to demilitarize Ukraine and protect Russian speakers on what Putin called historic Russian land. Ukraine and Western countries see it as a war of conquest aimed at eradicating Ukraine’s national identity. 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title: “Explosions Erupted Overnight Near Military Bases Deep In The Russian Territories Of Ukraine Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Helen Agosto”

Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in the Russian territories of Ukraine and Russia itself, an apparent demonstration of Kiev’s rapidly growing ability to wreak havoc on Moscow’s logistics away from the front lines. The blasts followed massive explosions last week at an airbase in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a new assessment, a Western official said the incident wiped out half of Russia’s air force in the Black Sea in one stroke. Ukraine also issued a warning about a frontline nuclear power plant where it said it believed Moscow was planning a “large-scale provocation” as a justification for disconnecting the plant from Ukraine’s electricity grid and connecting it to Russia’s. Continuing the blame game, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of bombing the Zaporizhia complex, risking nuclear destruction. In Crimea – which Moscow seized in 2014 – explosions were reported near an air base in Belbek, on the south-west coast near Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. At the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky also lit up in Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow said was fire from its air defences. Inside Russia, two villages were evacuated after explosions at a munitions dump in Belgorod province, near the Ukrainian border but more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from territory controlled by Ukrainian forces. Closer to the front, Kyiv also announced a series of overnight raids behind Russian lines in southern Kherson province, including a bridge over the Kakhovska Dam, one of the last routes for Russia to supply thousands of troops to the west bank of the Dnipro River. . “Ukrainian armed forces treated Russians to a magical evening,” Seriy Khlan, a member of the Kherson regional council that was dissolved by Russian occupation forces, wrote on Facebook. Kyiv has seen its role, withholding official commentary on incidents in Crimea or Russia, while hinting that it is behind them using long-range weapons or sabotage. Russian officials said no one was injured in the latest blasts in Crimea and Belgorod. They said they shot down drones in Belbek and Kerch and confirmed they had ordered the evacuation of two villages in Belgorod. Video showing massive flames and smoke reportedly at the Russian base in Belbek was posted on Twitter by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. “It sure looks bad – or good – depending on perspective,” he wrote. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video. A Western official said on Friday that at least some of the incidents were Ukrainian attacks, saying Kyiv was now achieving consistent “kinetic results” deep behind Russian lines. Such attacks hit Russia’s forces and had a “significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The massive explosions on Aug. 9 at Russia’s Saky air base on the Crimean coast put more than half of the warplanes in the Black Sea fleet out of service, the official said, in one of the costliest attacks of the war. Russia denied any aircraft were damaged in what it called an accident, although commercial satellite images showed at least eight warplanes burned to the ground and several huge impact craters. Moscow fired the head of its Black Sea fleet this week. Ukraine hopes its apparent new ability to strike Russian targets behind the front lines can turn the tide in the conflict by disrupting the supply lines Moscow needs to support its occupation. Since last month, Ukraine has been using advanced missiles supplied by the West to strike behind Russian lines. The overnight explosions in Crimea and Belgorod were beyond the range of the munitions Western countries have acknowledged sending so far. In recent days, Kyiv has been warning Russians, for whom Crimea has become a popular summer holiday destination, that nowhere on the peninsula is safe while it is occupied. When the coastal air base was hit last week, Russian tourists were photographed on nearby beaches, looking out of bells at huge mushroom clouds in the sky. Ukraine’s nuclear power operator said on Friday it suspected Moscow was planning to transfer the Zaporizhia plant to the Russian power grid, a complex operation that Kyiv says could spell disaster. The power station is held by Russian troops on the bank of a reservoir. Ukrainian forces control the opposite bank. Moscow rejected international calls to demilitarize the plant and Putin repeated accusations that Kyiv was bombing it in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in the call. It said Putin warned of “a risk of large-scale destruction that could lead to the contamination of vast areas by radiation.” Kyiv denies this and says Russia is using the plant as a shield for forces to fire on Ukrainian-controlled cities. Reuters cannot independently verify the military situation at the plant. Macron’s office said Putin had agreed to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Zaporizhia. An IAEA spokesman said it was in active consultation with all parties to send its mission “as soon as possible”. Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee since Russia launched its invasion on February 24, saying it aimed to demilitarize Ukraine and protect Russian speakers on what Putin called historic Russian land. Ukraine and Western countries see it as a war of conquest aimed at eradicating Ukraine’s national identity. 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title: “Explosions Erupted Overnight Near Military Bases Deep In The Russian Territories Of Ukraine Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-09” author: “William Allison”

Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in the Russian territories of Ukraine and Russia itself, an apparent demonstration of Kiev’s rapidly growing ability to wreak havoc on Moscow’s logistics away from the front lines. The blasts followed massive explosions last week at an airbase in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a new assessment, a Western official said the incident wiped out half of Russia’s air force in the Black Sea in one stroke. Ukraine also issued a warning about a frontline nuclear power plant where it said it believed Moscow was planning a “large-scale provocation” as a justification for disconnecting the plant from Ukraine’s electricity grid and connecting it to Russia’s. Continuing the blame game, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of bombing the Zaporizhia complex, risking nuclear destruction. In Crimea – which Moscow seized in 2014 – explosions were reported near an air base in Belbek, on the south-west coast near Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. At the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky also lit up in Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow said was fire from its air defences. Inside Russia, two villages were evacuated after explosions at a munitions dump in Belgorod province, near the Ukrainian border but more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from territory controlled by Ukrainian forces. Closer to the front, Kyiv also announced a series of overnight raids behind Russian lines in southern Kherson province, including a bridge over the Kakhovska Dam, one of the last routes for Russia to supply thousands of troops to the west bank of the Dnipro River. . “Ukrainian armed forces treated Russians to a magical evening,” Seriy Khlan, a member of the Kherson regional council that was dissolved by Russian occupation forces, wrote on Facebook. Kyiv has seen its role, withholding official commentary on incidents in Crimea or Russia, while hinting that it is behind them using long-range weapons or sabotage. Russian officials said no one was injured in the latest blasts in Crimea and Belgorod. They said they shot down drones in Belbek and Kerch and confirmed they had ordered the evacuation of two villages in Belgorod. Video showing massive flames and smoke reportedly at the Russian base in Belbek was posted on Twitter by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. “It sure looks bad – or good – depending on perspective,” he wrote. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video. A Western official said on Friday that at least some of the incidents were Ukrainian attacks, saying Kyiv was now achieving consistent “kinetic results” deep behind Russian lines. Such attacks hit Russia’s forces and had a “significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The massive explosions on Aug. 9 at Russia’s Saky air base on the Crimean coast put more than half of the warplanes in the Black Sea fleet out of service, the official said, in one of the costliest attacks of the war. Russia denied any aircraft were damaged in what it called an accident, although commercial satellite images showed at least eight warplanes burned to the ground and several huge impact craters. Moscow fired the head of its Black Sea fleet this week. Ukraine hopes its apparent new ability to strike Russian targets behind the front lines can turn the tide in the conflict by disrupting the supply lines Moscow needs to support its occupation. Since last month, Ukraine has been using advanced missiles supplied by the West to strike behind Russian lines. The overnight explosions in Crimea and Belgorod were beyond the range of the munitions Western countries have acknowledged sending so far. In recent days, Kyiv has been warning Russians, for whom Crimea has become a popular summer holiday destination, that nowhere on the peninsula is safe while it is occupied. When the coastal air base was hit last week, Russian tourists were photographed on nearby beaches, looking out of bells at huge mushroom clouds in the sky. Ukraine’s nuclear power operator said on Friday it suspected Moscow was planning to transfer the Zaporizhia plant to the Russian power grid, a complex operation that Kyiv says could spell disaster. The power station is held by Russian troops on the bank of a reservoir. Ukrainian forces control the opposite bank. Moscow rejected international calls to demilitarize the plant and Putin repeated accusations that Kyiv was bombing it in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in the call. It said Putin warned of “a risk of large-scale destruction that could lead to the contamination of vast areas by radiation.” Kyiv denies this and says Russia is using the plant as a shield for forces to fire on Ukrainian-controlled cities. Reuters cannot independently verify the military situation at the plant. Macron’s office said Putin had agreed to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Zaporizhia. An IAEA spokesman said it was in active consultation with all parties to send its mission “as soon as possible”. Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee since Russia launched its invasion on February 24, saying it aimed to demilitarize Ukraine and protect Russian speakers on what Putin called historic Russian land. Ukraine and Western countries see it as a war of conquest aimed at eradicating Ukraine’s national identity. 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title: “Explosions Erupted Overnight Near Military Bases Deep In The Russian Territories Of Ukraine Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-19” author: “Robert Murphy”

Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in the Russian territories of Ukraine and Russia itself, an apparent demonstration of Kiev’s rapidly growing ability to wreak havoc on Moscow’s logistics away from the front lines. The blasts followed massive explosions last week at an airbase in Russian-annexed Crimea. In a new assessment, a Western official said the incident wiped out half of Russia’s air force in the Black Sea in one stroke. Ukraine also issued a warning about a frontline nuclear power plant where it said it believed Moscow was planning a “large-scale provocation” as a justification for disconnecting the plant from Ukraine’s electricity grid and connecting it to Russia’s. Continuing the blame game, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of bombing the Zaporizhia complex, risking nuclear destruction. In Crimea – which Moscow seized in 2014 – explosions were reported near an air base in Belbek, on the south-west coast near Sevastopol, home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. At the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky also lit up in Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow said was fire from its air defences. Inside Russia, two villages were evacuated after explosions at a munitions dump in Belgorod province, near the Ukrainian border but more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from territory controlled by Ukrainian forces. Closer to the front, Kyiv also announced a series of overnight raids behind Russian lines in southern Kherson province, including a bridge over the Kakhovska Dam, one of the last routes for Russia to supply thousands of troops to the west bank of the Dnipro River. . “Ukrainian armed forces treated Russians to a magical evening,” Seriy Khlan, a member of the Kherson regional council that was dissolved by Russian occupation forces, wrote on Facebook. Kyiv has seen its role, withholding official commentary on incidents in Crimea or Russia, while hinting that it is behind them using long-range weapons or sabotage. Russian officials said no one was injured in the latest blasts in Crimea and Belgorod. They said they shot down drones in Belbek and Kerch and confirmed they had ordered the evacuation of two villages in Belgorod. Video showing massive flames and smoke reportedly at the Russian base in Belbek was posted on Twitter by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. “It sure looks bad – or good – depending on perspective,” he wrote. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video. A Western official said on Friday that at least some of the incidents were Ukrainian attacks, saying Kyiv was now achieving consistent “kinetic results” deep behind Russian lines. Such attacks hit Russia’s forces and had a “significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The massive explosions on Aug. 9 at Russia’s Saky air base on the Crimean coast put more than half of the warplanes in the Black Sea fleet out of service, the official said, in one of the costliest attacks of the war. Russia denied any aircraft were damaged in what it called an accident, although commercial satellite images showed at least eight warplanes burned to the ground and several huge impact craters. Moscow fired the head of its Black Sea fleet this week. Ukraine hopes its apparent new ability to strike Russian targets behind the front lines can turn the tide in the conflict by disrupting the supply lines Moscow needs to support its occupation. Since last month, Ukraine has been using advanced missiles supplied by the West to strike behind Russian lines. The overnight explosions in Crimea and Belgorod were beyond the range of the munitions Western countries have acknowledged sending so far. In recent days, Kyiv has been warning Russians, for whom Crimea has become a popular summer holiday destination, that nowhere on the peninsula is safe while it is occupied. When the coastal air base was hit last week, Russian tourists were photographed on nearby beaches, looking out of bells at huge mushroom clouds in the sky. Ukraine’s nuclear power operator said on Friday it suspected Moscow was planning to transfer the Zaporizhia plant to the Russian power grid, a complex operation that Kyiv says could spell disaster. The power station is held by Russian troops on the bank of a reservoir. Ukrainian forces control the opposite bank. Moscow rejected international calls to demilitarize the plant and Putin repeated accusations that Kyiv was bombing it in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin said in the call. It said Putin warned of “a risk of large-scale destruction that could lead to the contamination of vast areas by radiation.” Kyiv denies this and says Russia is using the plant as a shield for forces to fire on Ukrainian-controlled cities. Reuters cannot independently verify the military situation at the plant. Macron’s office said Putin had agreed to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to Zaporizhia. An IAEA spokesman said it was in active consultation with all parties to send its mission “as soon as possible”. Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced to flee since Russia launched its invasion on February 24, saying it aimed to demilitarize Ukraine and protect Russian speakers on what Putin called historic Russian land. Ukraine and Western countries see it as a war of conquest aimed at eradicating Ukraine’s national identity. The Morning Update and Afternoon Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines. Sign up today.