An air-raid alert was issued in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea on Nov. 4. Multiple reports from local social media indicate that the Crimean Bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia was smothered in a smoke screen and closed once again, suggesting a possible missile attack.
Videos uploaded by social media users showed several plumes of smoke rising above the eastern Crimean city of Kerch, accompanied by the sound of firing missiles. It remains unclear whether these missiles were attacking or air defense interceptors.
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One video showed what appeared to be a cruise missile moving towards the Zaliv shipyard, located a few kilometers south of Kerch. The video’s final frames captured an explosion and what appeared to be smoke from an anti-aircraft missile detonation.
Sergey Aksyonov, the so-called Crimean “governor,” stated on Telegam that a Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon system was activated in the area of Butom’s Zaliv shipbuilding plant in Kerch. Aksyonov claimed that debris from intercepted missiles fell into one of the shipyard’s dry docks.
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“An air-raid alert has been declared in Sevastopol. Sea and land public transportation has been stopped. The Kerch Bridge is closed,” reads a message on Krym.Realii Telegram channel. The channel also confirms reports of explosions and smoke near the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch. Subscribers additionally claimed that missiles were intercepted close to Kerch.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol, also reported the presence of smokescreens in the area of Sevastopol Bay on Telegram.
The Krymsky Veter Telegram channel has published photos showing a smoke screen over the Crimean Bridge.
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