(CNN)At least two people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the Crimean village of Maiskoye, local officials said Tuesday. Announced. His second incident in weeks to shake the Russian-controlled peninsula.
Russia's Defense Ministry has blamed sabotage for Tuesday morning's explosions and damage to military installations in the Dzhankoy district of northern Crimea, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
About 2,000 residents of the region have been evacuated, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported, and train services from Russia to Crimea were halted.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the incident, but Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhaylo Podoljak tweeted:
The explosion at the depot was caused by a fire, Crimean government chief Sergei Aksyonov quoted the Russian Defense Ministry on his Telegram channel. and added: The explosion was still in progress.
"Evacuation of the population is underway and people are being taken out of the 5-kilometer zone from the incident to ensure their safety," said Akshonov, an official of the Ministry of Defense, Military service, paramedics are involved, he added.
"We must understand that they stole from the Zaporizhia NPP in order to send power to Crimea through Dzhankoy," Podoljak later said in a television interview. "I think this is karmic retribution. Not everything that is stolen brings wealth."
The Maiskoye explosion is the second security incident at a Crimean military installation in the past week.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the incident was caused by an accidental explosion of ammunition. Ukraine has not publicly claimed responsibility for the incident.
Podryak said Moscow's description of Tuesday's explosions and last week's explosions suggested the Russian military had deployed "untrained" staff in some locations. said.
In his message Tuesday nightly video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians living in the occupied territories to stay away from Russian military installations.
"I am now urging all people in Crimea, in the rest of the country, in the south of the country, in the occupied territories of the Donbass and Kharkov regions, to be very careful." , store ammunition and equipment, and stay clear of all headquarters."
After the explosion at Maiskoye, most of the occupied peninsula, trains headed from Russia to Crimea. has been suspended.
Aksyonov, the head of the Crimean government, later said in his Telegram that "damaged tracks in Dzhankoy district have been restored."
"Train service will resume on this section after all necessary safety measures have been completed," he added.
Dzhankoi sits on railroad tracks connecting Crimea and Melitopol. According to multiple Ukrainian officials, the line is regularly used to transport military equipment to the front lines.
Referring to the long queues seen leaving Crimea and heading to Russia after last week's attacks, Zelesunky said on Tuesday: The country already understands, or at least feels, that Crimea is not the place for them."
