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Shocked beachgoers watched on as the smoke began billowing from the direction of the base
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‘No one was injured as a result of the explosion. No aviation equipment at the airfield was damaged. Measures are being taken to extinguish the resulting fire and investigate the cause of the explosion.
‘According to the report from the site, there was no fire impact on the collapsed ammunition storage area at the airfield.’
Videos shared on the Telegram messaging app showed the aftermath of the explosions, with tourists fleeing from a nearby beach and police urging people to take cover.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an advisor to the head of the Russian-occupied peninsula Sergei Aksyonov, refused to speculate on the incident, telling Russia’s RIA Novosti: ‘So far, I can only confirm the fact that several explosions occurred in the Novofedorivka area.
‘I ask everyone to wait for official messages and not to produce their own version of events.’
Aksyonov meanwhile told followers via Telegram he was en route to the blast site and that ‘circumstances are being clarified’.
Emergency services from the nearby town of Saky were deployed to the blast site, the TASS news agency reported, citing the regional health ministry, while locals reported congestion on roads leading away from the coast as members of the public fled.
The airbase close to Saky and Novofedorivka is home to Russia’s 43rd Separate Naval Assault Aviation Regiment of the Black Sea Fleet.
A variety of Russian air force planes are stationed at the base, including Su-30SM, Su-24M and Su-24MP fighter jets and Tu-134 freight aircraft.
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.
Shocked beachgoers watched on as the smoke began billowing from the direction of the base
Most air force bases are open fields with very few hardened, protective structures. Fuel pipelines, aircraft, command and control buildings, staff housing etc. are mostly in the open. Aircraft must land and take off in the open. Using “google maps” and modern targeting technology, it is not terribly difficult to target with a variety of ordnance these fixed locations
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