Ukrainian drones attacked port and oil facilities near the Kerch Strait. In Kerch, near the Crimean Bridge, an oil depot at the port on Tamanskaya Street caught fire. Footage of the blaze was published by the Ukrainian OSINT project Exilenova+.
According to Astra, an apartment building on Kirova Street near the waterfront was also damaged. The authorities of annexed Crimea said four people were killed and 28 were injured. Fourteen of the injured remain in hospitals, including two children.
Power outages began in several parts of the peninsula, including areas around Simferopol.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the strikes, also said that S-400 air defense systems and Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun systems had been hit. Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces published footage of FPV drone strikes.
The Krasnodar region operational headquarters said one more person was killed and another was injured in a drone strike on the ferry Panagia at the Kerch ferry crossing. Ferry traffic across the crossing was temporarily suspended afterward.
In addition, an oil terminal on the Chushka Spit in the Taman Bay caught fire. In two other districts, falling drone debris reportedly damaged private homes.