The “authorities” of the Crimea explained the explosions by the “work of air defense systems”

Residents of Kerchreport loud explosions and flashes in the sky. Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-appointed member of the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, said that a Ukrainian drone was shot down in the area of ​​the Crimean bridge, there were no casualties or damage.

Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the "head" of Crimea, also explained the explosions by "the operation of air defense systems."

“Preliminarily. Air defense systems worked in Kerch. There is no danger to the city and the bridge.”

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that explosions at an ammunition depot in the Crimea near Dzhankoy were sabotage. Due to damage to the railway in the Dzhankoy region, passenger trains coming from the mainland were stopped at the Vladislavovka station. There, passengers were transferred to buses for "delivery to the nearest bus stations."

The explosions became known on the morning of August 16, the Crimean authorities and the Ministry of Defense announced the "detonation of ammunition" in a warehouse in the village of Maiskoye, Dzhankoy district. About 2,000 residents were evacuated from the village. In addition, there was another explosion at the transformer substation, where the fire had already been extinguished. As a result, two people were injured: one was crushed by a wall, the other received a shrapnel wound. Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Civic Chamber , called the explosions "demilitarization in action."

Before that, satellite images were published showing the site of the explosions near the military airport in Novofedorovka on 9 August. Satellite footage shows burnt Russian equipment. The explosions killed one person, injured at least 13. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that it was the detonation of ammunition in a warehouse, the ministry denies the fact of shelling. The New York Times published an article citing a “Ukrainian military source”, which suggests that the UAF may be behind the explosions. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Ukrainian army could have hit the airfield with Neptune anti-ship missiles, but there is no evidence for this version.

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