💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone attack across Crimea shortly after 1 A.M., causing the Kerch Bridge to close for hours and sparking a major fire at a military site near Saky. Russian forces reported destroying over 85 drones.

Sevastopol, Crimea
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone attack across Crimea shortly after 1 A.M., causing the Kerch Bridge to close for hours and sparking a major fire at a military site near Saky. Russian forces reported destroying over 85 drones.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Massive drone attack reportedly targets Russian military sites in occupied Crimea

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.162Z

Source story: day-1163a-2025-05-05