Military base on fire in occupied Crimea, photos show
Radio Liberty has established that the blaze occurred at what used to be a training facility for Russian border guards, a few kilometers from Simferopol airport.
Open-source intelligence project GeoConfirmed subsequently confirmed the geolocation.
Russian occupation “authorities” rushed to assure locals that the loud bangs were related to air defense units training.
Andriy Klymenko, Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainian outlet Black Sea News, reported that since the beginning of 2023, more than 30 major explosions occurred in Crimea.
Early in the morning on April 29th, explosions were heard at the Kozacha Bay near Sevastopol. Afterwards, a massive fire broke out at a local oil depot, marked with a pillar of thick black smoke.
Read also: Russia moving 400 occupation troops to defensive positions in Crimea, General Staff
Russian occupation “authorities” acknowledged that four fuel tanks were damaged, with the fire consuming 1,000 square meters of area. As of 2:00 PM, they fire was reportedly extinguished.
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