One person killed, 13 injured in Crimea blasts 

Thirteen people were injured in a series of explosions at a Russian air base in the village of Novofedorivka in Crimea, the local ministry of health stated on Telegram.

There are two children among the injured. One person was killed.

Novofedorivka is located about 12 miles away from Yevpatoria. The Saki military base is located in the village. Several explosions rocked the air base yesterday afternoon.

The Russian Defence Ministry maintains that “several aviation munitions detonated at an enclosed storage site” on the territory of the air base and that there was no “fire impact” on the airfield. No aviation equipment was damaged in the attack, the ministry stated.

For its part, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry noted that they could not “determine the cause of the fire”. “However, once again, [the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence] would like to remind citizens about fire safety rules and the ban on smoking in unauthorised locations. The fact of the fire may be used by the terrorist state in an information war,” the Ukrainian defence officials said.

Ukrainian Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk also commented on the situation, saying that the blasts in Novofedorivka serve as “another reminder of whom Crimea belongs to”.