Crimea attacks
| Crimea attacks (2022–present) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the southern front during the Russo-Ukrainian war | |||||
Crimean Peninsula | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
| Russia | Ukraine | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
|
Ukrainian claim: 1 killed 19 injured 7 aircraft destroyed 3 damaged Ukrainian claim: 60 killed 100 injured 9 aircraft destroyed 4 damaged |
Russian claim: 3 rockets shot down 70+ aerial drones shot down 15+ maritime drones destroyed | ||||
|
9 civilians killed 126 injured | |||||
Beginning in July 2022, a series of explosions and fires occurred on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, from where the Russian Army had launched its offensive on Southern Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Occupied since 2014, Crimea was a base for the subsequent Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast and Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Vladimir Putin has called Crimea a "sacred place" and a "holy land". Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said in July 2022 that the consequence of an attack on Crimea will be that, "the Day of Judgment will come for all of them there at once. Very fast and heavy. It will be very difficult to hide".