{"id":92365,"date":"2026-08-04T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/serviceman-kills-3-civilians-and-1-soldier-in-russian-held-crimea-governor-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:21:30","slug":"serviceman-kills-3-civilians-and-1-soldier-in-russian-held-crimea-governor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/serviceman-kills-3-civilians-and-1-soldier-in-russian-held-crimea-governor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Serviceman kills 3 civilians and 1 soldier in Russian-held Crimea, governor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four people and wounding four, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred in the village of Khmelnytske, which is part of Sevastopol, said Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev, without specifying when exactly it happened.<\/p>\n<p>The serviceman initially opened fire at fellow soldiers, killing one and wounding another, Razvozhayev said, adding that he then killed three civilians and wounded another three people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A tragedy in Sevastopol,&#8221; Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram, adding that the civilian victims were two men aged 71 and 59, and a 64-year-old woman.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman, who was not identified, was detained and law enforcement was investigating the incident, he added, although he did not elaborate on a possible motive for the shootings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/f646f155-e559-4e5f-889b-4d2baeb02b54\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/c016d8f4e81f245ccfcf3f19d46e5532\/gettyimages-2287489856.jpg#\" alt=\"A man walks past a billboard displaying a portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, on the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea, on July 23, 2026. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/f646f155-e559-4e5f-889b-4d2baeb02b54\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/c016d8f4e81f245ccfcf3f19d46e5532\/gettyimages-2287489856.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/04\/f646f155-e559-4e5f-889b-4d2baeb02b54\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/43389e8af558db39f3b46a55110bd4c8\/gettyimages-2287489856.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A man walks past a billboard displaying a portrait of Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, on the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea, on July 23, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Igor Ivanko\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crimea was illegally annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014. The peninsula on the Black Sea holds strategic importance for the Kremlin in its full-scale invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, now in its fifth year. Russian troops that were concentrated in Crimea quickly seized large parts of southern Ukraine early in the war and secured the land route to the peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attack-crimea-kerch-zelenskyy-force-putin-end-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine has attacked<\/a> Russian supply lines to Crimea, causing severe fuel shortages on the peninsula, which is a magnet for tourism during warmer months.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a drone strike on an industrial zone outside the Russian capital of Moscow <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukrainian-drone-strike-russia-warehouses-moscow-region-5-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed five people<\/a><\/span> and wounded 10 others, the region&#8217;s governor said Tuesday, as Moscow and Kyiv traded attacks.<\/p>\n<h2>Strike on Russian Black Sea resort kills 7, officials say<\/h2>\n<p>In southern Russia, a drone hit a crowded beach, killing seven people, local Russian officials in the Krasnodar region said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Social media footage verified by CBS News shows a drone hurtling toward the busy beach before hitting the ground and exploding. 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