Wildfire rages near Yalta after suspected Russian air defense failure

A catastrophic wildfire has been raging for a third day near Yalta in Russian-occupied Crimea, following what appears to have been an unsuccessful operation by Russian air defense systems. Satellite images released by the monitoring group Krymskyi Veter reveal the scale of the blaze in the mountains around Yalta. The fire reportedly started on August 19 in a remote mountainous area. According to…