Residents in Annexed Crimea Turned Away From Bomb Shelter During Air Raid Alert

The woman who filmed the video, which was shared by the Baza news channel on Telegram, said several families were barred from entering the bomb shelter located inside a community center in the port city of Sevastopol. In the video, a man who introduced himself as a fire safety officer said his superiors had told him that the bomb shelter was for “staff only.”

The community center’s director accused the woman who filmed the video of causing a scandal after the air raid alert ended, according to Baza, which is believed to have links in Russia’s law enforcement agencies.