Authorities in the port city of Sevastopol on Crimea’s Russia-annexed Black Sea peninsula declared a state of emergency on Monday following the Ukrainian missile attack that killed four and injured around 150 on Sunday.
“I order (…) to declare a state of emergency on the territory of the city of Sevastopol until further notice,” said a decree issued by Governor Mikhail Razvoschayev, which was published by Russian news agencies.
According to official information, the attack killed four people and injured 151. 79 people are still in hospital, 21 people, including eleven children, will be flown to Moscow due to the severity of their injuries.
Rocket explodes over the beach
Most of the victims were sunbathing on a city beach in Sevastopol when rocket debris fell and exploded. There was no air raid siren. Ukraine has apparently fired rockets into Russian-occupied Crimea for two days in a row. According to reports, a space communications center was also hit (see message below).
Although the Russian military initially claimed responsibility for launching the missile, it later retracted the statement and stated that the Ukrainian missile had been fired specifically at civilians. Even Russian military blogs sometimes question this claim. There are several military objects nearby.
According to media information, the beach area was closed. The state of emergency may restrict citizens’ constitutional rights, such as freedom of movement.
Moscow threatens the US with consequences
On Monday, Russia threatened the US with consequences for the Ukrainian missile attack. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the attack in Moscow as “absolutely barbaric” and said it would have consequences. “Which one exactly – only time will tell.” Russia will respond to US involvement in this attack.
Peskov referred to the Russian threat to station missiles within striking distance of the US and its European allies. According to Russian information, Ukraine fired on Crimea on Sunday with five US-supplied ATACMS missiles equipped with cluster warheads
Source: Krone
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