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Several explosions occurred near a Russian military airfield in Crimea on Tuesday, authorities on the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 announced.
“I can confirm that there were several explosions near Novofedorivka”, where it is located. a Russian military base and airfieldOleg Kryuchkov wrote on the Telegram social network, quoted by the French agency AFP.
The Russian military said several munitions exploded at the airfield, without causing victimsaccording to AFP.
In a video of the affected area, released by the official Russian agency TASS, you can see explosions and large columns of smoke.
Several ammunition intended for aviation exploded in a depot on the territory of the Saki military airfield, near the city of Novofedorivka,” the army said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.
“No one was injured,” the Russian military added, noting that the ammunition depot was not shelled.
The official Russian agency TASS reported that Several ambulances were dispatched to the scene. of the explosions, citing information from the region’s Ministry of Health.
The head of the Crimea region, Sergei Aksyonov, wrote on Telegram that he had gone to the scene and that the reasons for the explosions were being investigated.
Our airfield is exploding. Explosions at the airfield. Here, all the windows are broken,” deputy regional chief Viktoria Kazmirov said on social media.
TASS said that the airfield near Novofedorivka is used as a military base by the Russian Defense Ministry, where planes and helicopters, as well as naval aviation, are located.
Authorities have not yet revealed the reasons for the explosions.
Source: Observadora
