Published 2 years ago

Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea

Summary by Ground News

At least one person was killed and several others were wounded, authorities said. Russia's Defense Ministry denied the Saki base on the Black Sea had been shelled. But Ukrainian social networks were abuzz with speculation that it was hit by Ukrainian-fired missiles. If Ukrainian forces were, in fact, responsible for the blasts, it would mark the first known major attack on a Russian military site on the Crimean Peninsula.

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Times of India

Loud explosions heard near Russian military airbase in Crimea

Videos purportedly captured at the scene, some of them posted on social media, showed a plume of smoke in the area. The videos could not immediately be verified. At least 12 explosions of varying intensity were heard in the course of a minute, two witnesses said. Three were particularly loud, triggering sparks and smoke.

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Ukraine war: Blasts rock Russian airbase in annexed Crimea

Black smoke is seen rising from the territory, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Russia Says Crimea Airbase Blast Was Detonation of Ammunition, Not Attack

It said there had been no attack, and no military equipment had been damaged

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

One person killed after Ukraine appears to hit major Russian airbase in Crimea – as it happened

Head of region announces death after attack on base deep inside the occupied Crimean peninsula in what is being seen as a significant strike

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Large explosions rock Russian military air base in Crimea

Powerful explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea and sent towering clouds of smoke over the landscape Tuesday in what may mark an escalation of the war in Ukraine. At least one person was killed and several others were wounded, authorities said.

2 years ago·Canada

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