Russia says that explosions at another military base in Crimea are caused by sabotage

Ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye

Local authorities said Tuesday that at least two people were hurt in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye in Crimea. This was the second time in a week that the Russian-controlled peninsula was shaken up by a major event. State news agency RIA Novosti said that the explosions and damage to a military facility in the Dzhankoi area of northern Crimea on Tuesday morning were caused by sabotage. This was said by Russia's Ministry of Defense.

Russian state media RIA Novosti said that about 2,000 people in the area had to leave, and trains from Russia to Crimea were stopped. Ukraine hasn't said that it was behind the incident, but an adviser to the president of Ukraine, Mykhaylo Podolyak, tweeted that: "When Russians took over Crimea, warehouses blew up and there was a high risk of death for invaders and thieves. The process of disarming in action."

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Russian military air base in Novofedorivka

Last Tuesday, a series of explosions at a Russian military air base in Novofedorivka, on Crimea's west coast, damaged at least eight planes and other parts of the base. In its statement, the Russian defence ministry did not say how much military equipment and ammunition may have been destroyed in the latest incident. Last week, a video of the facility was posted on social media. It showed large stacks of ammunition and a number of military vehicles with the letter "Z" on them, which is a pro-war symbol in Russia.

The head of the Crimea administration, Sergei Aksyonov, said on his Telegram channel that the explosions at the depot were caused by a fire, citing the Russian ministry of defence. He also said that the explosions were still going on. "People are being moved out of a five-kilometer radius of the incident to keep them safe," Aksyonov said. He also said that officials from the defence ministry, military service members, and emergency services are involved.

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Podolyak, adviser to the president of Ukraine

Later, Podolyak, an adviser to the president of Ukraine, said that explosions at the depot had also hurt a nearby substation that was being used to move power from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. "You have to realise that they stole from the Zaporizhzhia NPP so that they could send electricity to Crimea through Dzhankoi," Podolyak said later in a TV interview. "I think and believe this is the result of past actions. Not everything that is stolen makes money."

The biggest nuclear complex

The plant is the biggest nuclear complex of its kind in Europe. It is in the south of Ukraine, and Russian forces took it early on in the invasion. After more shelling led to calls for international experts to visit the facility, it has become the focus of growing worry around the world about the possibility of a nuclear disaster. The explosion at Maiskoye is the second security problem at a military base in Crimea in the past week.

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The blasts at the Novofedorivka

The blasts at the Novofedorivka Russian air base last Tuesday destroyed at least eight Russian military planes. The Crimean health ministry says that the explosions also killed one person and hurt 14. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the accident happened because some ammunition went off by accident. Ukraine did not say in public that it was responsible for what happened.

Podolyak said that Moscow's explanations for the explosions on Tuesday and last week made it sound like the Russian military was sending "untrained" people to some places. After the explosion in Maiskoye, trains from Russia into most of the occupied peninsula of Crimea were stopped.

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Aksyonov

Aksyonov, who is in charge of running the government in Crimea, said later on Telegram that "damaged railroad tracks in the Dzhankoi area have been fixed." "Train traffic will start again on this section once all safety measures have been taken," he said. Dzhankoi is on a train line that goes from Melitopol to Crimea. Several Ukrainian officials say that this line is often used to send military supplies to the front lines.

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