Explosions in Crimea: The Russian Federation declared attacks of drones on a military airfield near Simferopol
According to journalists, on July 20, the air base attacked three drones at once. Two drones allegedly shot down the air defense on the air to the airfield, and the third UAV was eliminated by means of radar struggle. The authors of the publication also claim that no victims and destruction have been recorded. It should be noted that in the afternoon of July 20, the head of the occupation administration of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov also reported the attack of UAV on the peninsula.
According to him, the enemy drone was shot down by Russian air defense in the central part of the region, and there were no victims and destruction. Aksyonov did not publish other details of the UAV attack. We will remind, in March 2023 journalist Roman Bochkala reported a series of explosions in the village of Guards, in which the military airfield is located. Later, photos and videos from the occupied village were included in the network, showing how black smoke rises in the airport area.
Explosions over the Russian air base in the village of Guards in occupied Crimea were also recorded in August last year. It was reported that black smoke was visible above the airfield. Later, BelingCat and journalist Khristas Grozev reported that 24 aircraft were at the Guards Air Force of the Navy in the Guards (Crimea) on August 16: 12 Su-24m and 12 Su-255cm.