RE: Crimea airbases go boom9 Aug 2022 18:46
One person dead in Crimea blast, says head of region
The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said one person has died as a result of the explosion earlier on Tuesday.
Blasts rocked a Russian airbase near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula, injuring five people according to local authorities.
Witnesses told Reuters they heard at least 12 explosions at about 3.20pm local time from the Saky airbase near Novofedorivka on Crimea’s western coast. They described a final blast around 30 minutes later as the loudest.
Russia’s defence ministry claimed the “detonation of several aviation ammunition stores” had caused an explosion, Russian news agencies reported, but that there had been no injuries.