Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea

MOSCOW, 10 August 2022, (TON): Blasts rocked a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula, injuring five people according to local authorities in what Moscow attributed to detonations in ammunition stories.

Local witnesses told Reuters they heard at least 12 explosions around 3:20 p.m. local time  from the Saky air base near Novofedorivka on Crimea’s western coast.

They described a final blast around 30 minutes later as the loudest.

Crimea has so far been spared the intense bombardment and artillery combat that have taken place in other areas of eastern and southern Ukraine since Feb. 24, when President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian armed forces into Ukraine – including some based in the peninsula.

Russia’s defence ministry said the “detonation of several aviation ammunition stores” had caused an explosion, Russian news agencies reported, but that there had been no injuries.

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