Blasts heard in Dzhankoi district in Russian-occupied Crimea, Crimean Tatar leader says Russian ammunition point hit
TUESDAY, 16 AUGUST 2022, 07:31
On the morning of 16 August, explosions rocked the Dhzankoi district of Russian-occupied Crimea; fire could be seen on the scene. Some reports indicate that a Russian ammunition point in the village of Maiske has been hit.
Source: Kryminform and RIA Melitopol, local news media; Refat Chubarov
Details: Kryminform writes that witnesses have reported explosions in the Dzhankoi district of Crimea. Local residents heard loud bangs. Thick black smoke can be seen from several vantage points.
Early reports indicate that the explosion took place in the vicinity of the Maiske village, near Dzhankoi.
Local residents shared a video of a fire near a transformer substation.
Refat Chubarov, leader of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, initially wrote that the Russian’s military base in the village of Qalay (currently Azovskoe) in the Dzhankoi district was hit. At 07:41 he updated this post, saying that "an ammunition point has been hit, the sounds of blasts spread far across the steppe".
Kryminform later clarified that "According to early reports, there were two emergencies in the Dzhankoi district this morning: a fire at a transformer substation in Dzhankoi and the detonation of an ammunition point in the village of Maiske. Kryminform sources in the emergency services have confirmed this information.
Sergey Aksyonov, the so-called, Russian-appointed "head of Crimea", has left for the village of Maiske.
Chubarov said that the village of Maiske is located one kilometre from the village of Qalay (currently Azovskoe).
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