Black Sea Fleet Ammo Storage "Erupts" After Drone Hit, Main Crimea Highway Closed

Ukraine is continuing its strategic bombing campaign against Russian ammunition and fuel storage depots in order to further incapacitate Russian military efforts. 

This latest attack occurred on Crimea. JL

Kateryna Zakharchenko reports in the Kyiv Post:

On Friday, May 16, drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service struck an ammunition depot used by Russia’s 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade near the village of Perevalne in occupied Crimea. The site housed storage facilities for military equipment, weapons, and fuel. Russian military personnel killed in the strike. Videos show powerful explosions and fires at the depot, while local residents reported visible smoke rising from the military base. The situation was so severe that Russian forces temporarily shut down traffic on the Simferopol–Alushta highway.

On Friday, May 16, drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck an ammunition depot used by Russia’s 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defense Brigade near the village of Perevalne in occupied Crimea, according to Kyiv Post sources in the security services.

The site housed storage facilities for military equipment, weapons, and fuel. Sources say there were Russian military personnel killed in the strike, although the number of casualties has not been disclosed.

“The SBU continues to effectively target legitimate military objectives on Russian-occupied Crimean territory. Efforts to weaken the enemy’s military capabilities will continue,” a source within the SBU said.

 

Videos shared on social media show powerful explosions and fires at the depot, while local residents reported visible smoke rising from the military base. The situation was reportedly so severe that Russian forces temporarily shut down traffic on the Simferopol–Alushta highway, which runs near Perevalne.

 

Yesterday Kyiv Post reported that Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, claimed the sounds were from air defense systems in action.

“According to preliminary information, 6 UAVs were destroyed over the sea at a great distance from the coast,” he said on Telegram.

 

Occupied Crimea remains a key strategic hub for Russia in its war against Ukraine – used for missile launches, logistics for southern operations, and as the main base of the Black Sea Fleet. The peninsula holds both symbolic and military value, with its 2014 annexation marking the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine continues to target military infrastructure in Crimea, including ammunition depots, airfields, air defense sites, and naval assets. Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have disabled several major Russian landing and reconnaissance ships, forcing Moscow to relocate much of its fleet to Novorossiysk.