24 hours after the explosions near Dzhankoi, ammunition stops detonating

OLENA ROSHCHINA – WEDNESDAY, 17 AUGUST 20222, 10:08

Ammunition explosions at a Russian military depot near Dzhankoi in northern occupied Crimea have stopped.

Source: Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoting Inna Fedorenko, the "head of the administration" of Dzhankoi district 

Details: "Yes, everything is calm," Fedorenko said on Wednesday morning when she was asked if the explosions had stopped.

Although a day has passed since the beginning of the explosions, the occupiers have not yet begun to assess the damage.

"A staff meeting has not been held yet [regarding the consequences of the emergency situation - ed.]," Fedorenko said.

Background: 

• On the morning of 16 August, there were explosions in the Dzhankoi district in the north of Crimea, and the occupiers confirmed that shells detonated at a storage site in the village of Maiske. The railway in the Azov district was also damaged.
• The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation stated that a military warehouse in the Dzhankoi district had been damaged by sabotage, several civilian targets had been damaged, and two people were injured.
• The Strategic Communications Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has reported that the Russians were unloading military equipment and ammunition near the Azovske railway station in occupied Crimea, while Russian anti-aircraft missile systems were parked near an airfield near Dzhankoi.
• British intelligence has suggested that after the explosions at the Saki airfield in Novofedorivka and the explosions in Maiske near Dzhankoi, Russian commanders will likely be increasingly concerned with the apparent deterioration of security across Crimea, which functions as a rear base area for the occupation of the southern part of mainland Ukraine.

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