Explosion destroys Russian cruise missiles in Crimea

Ukraine's defence ministry said an explosion in the city of Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed Russian cruise missiles intended for use by Moscow's Black Sea fleet.

An explosion in Dzhankoi city in the north of temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr-KN cruise missiles as they were transported by rail, the ministry s main intelligence directorate said in social media posts.

It said the missiles, designed to be launched from surface ships of Russia's Black Sea fleet, had an operational range of more than 2,500 km 1,550 miles on land and 375 km at sea.

Ihor Ivin, the Russian-installed head of the Dzhankoi administration, was quoted as saying the city had come under attack from drones, and that a 33-year-old man suffered a shrapnel injury from a downed drone. He was in the hospital and expected to survive.

According to Russian state news agency Tass, Ivin said on Krym- 24 TV that a house, school and grocery store caught fire and that the power grid suffered damage.