‘We Need to Get Out of Here’: Fear Grips Annexed Crimea After Airbase Attack

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An apparent Ukrainian attack on a military air base in Russia-controlled Crimea sent people running for cover from a series of powerful
It lasted around 30-40 minutes
It is likely to seriously disrupt life on the peninsula, a popular tourism destination thought of until now as safe from the fighting, and
bring the war closer to many ordinary Russians.The explosions killed one person and injured 14 others, according to Sergei Aksyonov, the
The walls and windows were shaking
New York Times quoted an anonymous Ukrainian military official Tuesday as taking responsibility
peak vacation season has already been damaged by the closure of civilian airports near the Ukrainian border amid ongoing fighting to the
leave the region, with videos posted to social media appearing to show traffic jams on road approaching the bridge that links the peninsula
nearby city of Yevpatoriya and should have been able to fend off a long-range missile attack, according to Konrad Muzyka, an independent
Times
significant attack on Crimea to date, the airbase strikes are not the only time targets in the peninsula have been hit in recent
Ukraine.