Explosion at Saki airbase in Crimea sends smoke into sky | USA TODAY #Shorts

Multiple explosions rocked a Russian airbase in Crimea on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding five others, authorities said.

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Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Russian administration in Crimea, said no aviation equipment was damaged in the blast at the Saki base in the Novofedorovka region.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that several munitions had exploded and the area had not been shelled. A fire was being extinguished and an investigation into the cause was underway, the statement said.

A senior Ukrainian official who was not identified told the New York Times an Ukrainian strike had caused the explosions. If so, this would be the first known major attack on a Russian military site in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

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24 comments

  1. Russia now: ”This was an accident, not the Ukrainian attack!”
    Russia tomorrow: ”We will retaliate harshly for the attack we said was an accident!!!!!!!!!”

  2. Lets just hope their are No Reactor scrapings in that cloud, That can become a dirty bomb one day, also In Russian cities, If they push it too far.

  3. That’s a damaging accident record.
    But no injury or damage according to spokesperson is a bit far fetched.

  4. O CRIMEA RIVER! Look something blew up again…….ooooooo smoke. Truly worthy of a video post, especially of this caliber😖👎

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