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title: "Explosion/s Rock Russian Airfield in Crimea"
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**What happened?**  **It’s not clear.**

**Of course there are conflicting reports**

[Ukrainian social media is abuzz with claims that this was a Ukrainian strike](https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/explosions-wreck-russian-air-base-in-crimea/)
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> Ukrainian social media was abuzz with speculation that the Ukrainian military had struck the base, but Ukrainian officials did not confirm any attack.
> 
> **If the explosions were indeed the result of a Ukrainian strike, it would mark the first major strike against Russian forces in Crimea** — **which has served as a base for the Russian Black Sea fleet even before the 2014** annexation — **and a significant escalation in the fighting.**

![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/image-16.png?resize=580%2C423&ssl=1)There is at least one reported death and somewhere around 5 injuries.

[Russia says ammunition detonated at Crimea base, one dead](https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/russia-says-ammunition-detonated-at-crimea-base-one-dead/article#ixzz7bUskfQt0)
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> Russia Tuesday attributed loud blasts at a key military airbase on the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula **to exploding ammunitions, downplaying the possibility that the site was hit by Ukrainian fire.**
> 
> **The blasts rocked the Saki airfield on the 167th day** of Moscow’s invasion.
> 
> The Russian defence ministry said **“several aviation munitions detonated” at the base** in an incident the head of the region said had left one person dead.
> 
> **Local health officials earlier said five people, including one child, had been injured.**
> 
> The defence ministry said it wa**s looking to establish the reason for the explosions but indicated the airfield was not targeted in an attack.**
> 
> There was **no immediate reaction from Kyiv**.



**I’m thinking it was just one explosion, but, can’t be sure.**

**Any thoughts**?