Overnight Explosions Reported Across Russia, Occupied Crimea
Missiles hit the central bank’s southern branch and other sites, while officials reported two injured women and damage across several regions.
- Overnight on May 27, Ukrainian forces struck southern Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea with drones and missiles, hitting a central bank branch in Taganrog that caught fire, said Russia-appointed Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev.
- Ukraine regularly strikes military infrastructure deep within Russia to diminish Moscow's war capacity, with Taganrog positioned just 40 kilometers from Ukraine's border along the Azov Sea coast as a strategic target.
- The Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was struck for the fifth time this spring, triggering major fires and oil rain, while smoke was observed near the Baltimore military airfield hosting Russia's 47th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.
- Blast waves damaged an eight-story residential building in Sevastopol, injuring two women, one seriously; falling missile debris set cars on fire in Taganrog, said Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar.
- Repeated strikes on the Taganrog facility have caused environmental fallout including airborne petroleum byproducts and oil spills on city streets, while Ukraine's military has not commented and the Kyiv Independent could not immediately verify Russian claims.
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Voronage, Taganrog, Tuapse and the annexed Sevastopol were attacked by drones and missiles on the night of 27 May.
Overnight explosions reported across Russia, occupied Crimea
Explosions and fires were reported overnight on May 27 in multiple locations across Russia and occupied Crimea, including Taganrog, Voronezh, and Sevastopol, according to local residents and Russian Telegram channels.
The Ukrainian army attacked the occupied city of Sevastopol in Crimea on Wednesday night, where, according to the acting governor Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Ukrainians deployed British Storm Shadows missiles. They also hit a Russian aircraft factory in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region. This is reported by Russian media, according to which smoke is also rising above the factory. The Ukrainians were also supposed to hit the military airfiel…
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