In Tuesday's blasts, an electricity substation also caught fire, according to footage on Russian state TV.
"But they all mean the same thing - the destruction of the occupiers' logistics, their ammunition, military and other equipment, and command posts, saves the lives of our people," he said in an evening address. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to steer clear of Russian military bases and ammunition stores and said the explosions could have a number of causes, including incompetence. It's creating a chaos within their own forces."Īs Kyiv considers a potential counter-offensive in the south, the explosions raised the prospect of new dynamics in the six-month-old war if Ukraine now has capability to strike deeper in Russian-occupied territory or pro-Kyiv groups are having success with guerrilla-style attacks. Podolyak told Britain's Guardian newspaper later that Ukraine's strategy was to destroy Russian "logistics, supply lines and ammunition depots and other objects of military infrastructure. "Operation 'demilitarization' in the precise style of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue until the complete de-occupation of Ukraine's territories," Yermak wrote on Telegram. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak and chief of staff Andriy Yermak both exulted on social media at "demilitarization", an apparent mocking reference to the word Russia uses to justify its invasion. Ukraine did not confirm or deny responsibility for the explosions though its officials openly cheered Russia's setbacks there. The Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, is the main supply route for Russian forces in southern Ukraine and the base for its Black Sea fleet. Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday's explosions at the ammunition depot were "a result of sabotage". The action followed explosions at a Russian military air base in western Crimea last week that destroyed eight warplanes. Plumes of smoke were later seen at a second Russian military base in central Crimea, Russia's Kommersant newspaper said. The blasts on Tuesday engulfed an ammunition depot at a military base in the north of the Crimean peninsula, disrupting trains and forcing the evacuation of 2,000 people from a nearby village, according to Russian officials and news agencies. Though the Predator species hasn’t fared quite as well at the movies as Ridley Scott’s Xenomorphs (“Alien” movies not only do better at the box office, but are considerably better liked by critics), the collaboration inspired by Dark Horse’s “Predator” comic books cemented its place as a major sci-fi franchise.Russia blamed sabotage for explosions at one of its military bases in Moscow-annexed Crimea while Kyiv hinted it was responsible as Ukrainian officials said their strategy was to destroy supply lines supporting Russia's invasion. That cheeky cat-and-mouse dynamic would continue throughout all six of the “Predator” films to follow, permanently fusing the high-octane legacy of the action-packed ’80s with timeless alien invasion horror equally as badass.ĭirector John McTiernan and Schwarzenegger would pass their respective plasma torches to director Stephen Hopkins and “Lethal Weapon” star Danny Glover in 1990 for “Predator 2”: an underwhelming sequel that would eventually spur the famous “Alien” crossovers. The 36 Best HBO Shows Ranked, from 'Succession' to 'Room 104'Įquipped with intergalactic firepower, a sci-fi cloaking device, voice-changing technology, and a ruthless attitude, the Predator poses a fantastic threat to Schwarzenegger’s formidable protagonist, whose most effective weapons turned out to be his cunning and knack for improv. 'Prey' Breakout Amber Midthunder Is Ready to Be Our Next Great Action Star 'Prey': How the SFX Team Ratcheted Up the Horror for the Redesigned Predator Alien But when strangely skinned corpses and mysterious shimmers in the trees reveal a hulking alien hunting humans for sport, the reluctant fighter is forced to embrace guerrilla warfare - and a brutal personal philosophy - to survive. So, naturally, he begins operating by earthbound rules. Sent into the perilous jungles of Val Verde, a fictional location first seen in the Schwarzenegger-starring “Commando” (and again in the Bruce Willis-anchored “Die Hard 2”), Dutch assumes he’s on an earthbound mission. Arnold Schwarzenegger kicks off his legendary performance as Dutch, the alien-fighting star of the first and best “Predator” movie, with a warning: “We’re a rescue team, not assassins.” It’s a fitting starting block for the 1987 action classic-turned-seven-film sci-fi series, though you might not know it at first.
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