Ukrainian Zozulya drones struck a Russian rocket and artillery depot south of Solone Ozero and likely damaged the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Crimea.
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Ukrainian forces struck a depot near Solone Ozero and likely damaged the Balaklava TPP.
Telegram channels Baza and Mash reported the explosive device was planted in a trash bin next to a bench on Stoletovsky Prospekt.
Anonymous Russian Telegram channel VChK-OGPU and pro-Russian blogger Anatoly Shariy identified the deceased as Robert Shageev, a former Ukrainian submarine commander who defected to Russia.
Telegram channel 112 reported that a captain first rank was killed in the blast.
Among the facilities targeted was the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Saki airfield in Crimea, hitting the control tower.
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