A massive explosion has occurred at a captured Crimean air base. This is a symbolic blow to Vladimir Putin's war effort.
Ukrainian authorities were unable to formally confirm that the missile hit the target, but Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser strongly implied that this was the case. rice field.
It would be the first major attack on Russian assets in the peninsula since the February invasion began.
UkraineMore than 200 km away from her territory held by Ukraine, it is also seen as justifying the Western strategy of providing Kyiv with long-range missiles. right.
Kremlin forces have occupied the area since 2014, using it as a staging ground for attacks on southern Ukraine.
Tourists at nearby resorts reportedly was evacuated by a huge column of black smoke rising over the skyline.
At least one of him was killed when ammunition exploded at Saki Air Base, Russian officials said.
The Department of Defense claimed that the installation had not been hit. This is a similar approach to denials issued following the sinking of a Moscow ship by a Ukrainian missile.
Russian news agency TASS reported that military sources claimed it was caused "only by a violation of fire safety standards."
The Kremlin has consistently claimed to have sunk the Black Sea Fleet's flagship Moskva in April, with fire that spread to ammunition, greatly boosting Ukrainian morale.
Mikhail Podoljak, a close aide to the President of Ukraine, wrote on Twitter after the Crimean explosion:
"The future of Crimea is to become a pearl of the Black Sea, a national park with unique nature and world resorts. Not a terrorist military base." }
Crimean Chief of Staff Sergei Aksyonov said an ambulance and medical helicopter had been dispatched to Saki Air Base and the area had been cordoned off within a three-mile radius.
Crimea was targeted. It remains to be seen how the Kremlin will respond after previously threatening to attack Kyiv's "decision-making center" if it does.
Ukrainian authorities previously confirmed that he had killed three people and injured 23 others in various shelling incidents, including near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
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