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By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh, Fred Pleitgen, Vasco Cotovio and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN
Updated 5:58 PM ET, Tue August 16, 2022
Updated 5:58 PM ET, Tue August 16, 2022
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(CNN) A blast at an ammunition depot in the village of Maiskoye in Crimea injured at least two people, local authorities said Tuesday, in the second incident in a week to rock the Russian-controlled peninsula.
Russia's ministry of defense has blamed sabotage for the Tuesday morning explosions and damage to the military facility in the Dzhankoi area of northern Crimea, state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Around 2,000 residents in the area were evacuated, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported, and train services from Russia into Crimea were suspended. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the incident, but Mykhaylo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, tweeted that: "Crimea occupied by Russians is about warehouses explosions and high risk of death for invaders and thieves. Demilitarization in action." Last Tuesday, a series of explosions damaged at least eight aircraft and infrastructure at a Russian military air base in Novofedorivka, on Crimea's west coast. The Russian defense ministry statement did not clarify how much military equipment and ammunition may have been destroyed in the latest incident. Footage of the facility posted on social media last week showed large ammunition stacks and several military vehicles with "Z" markings, a Russian pro-war symbol. |
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The explosions at the depot were caused by a fire, the head of the Crimea administration Sergei Aksyonov said in his Telegram channel, citing the Russian ministry of defense, adding the detonations were still ongoing."
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The evacuation of residents is underway, people are taken out of the five-kilometer zone from the incident to ensure safety," Aksyonov said, adding that defense ministry officials, military service members and emergency services are involved.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Podolyak later said a nearby substation that was being used to divert power from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had also affected by explosions at the depot. "You must understand that they stole from the Zaporizhzhia NPP in order to send electricity to Crimea through Dzhankoi," Podolyak said later in a televised interview. "I think and believe that this is karmic retribution. Everything that is stolen does not bring wealth." --------ADVERTISEMENT--------
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