An evening of explosions. Incidents at Russian military installations in Crimea, Belgorod and Kherson region – what is known
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Explosions occurred on Thursday evening immediately after several reports of Russian military installations. Including it is known about the discovery in the area of the Belbek airport near Sevastopol in the annexed region of Russia; in the occupied army of the Russian Federation Nova Kakhovka; as well as in a public catering warehouse in the village of Timonovo in the Russian Belgorod Region.
Belgorod region
The first was the emerging information about a fire in a catering warehouse in the village of Timonovo, Valuysky urban district, Belgorod region. After 20:00 Moscow time, the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported on his telegram channel that a warehouse with the public caught fire there.
“According to random consequences, there are no victims, there are no victims,” says Gladkov. “The head of the district takes the residents of the villages of Timonovo and Soloti to a safe distance. Operational services are working on the spot, the cause of the fire is being established.”
On some networks, unverified video covering capture and tear detection is heard.
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the main office of the President of Ukraine, wrote on his Twitter that “army-level warehouses (20A) are exploding in the Belgorod region[армии]fighting on the Izyum attachment”.
According to the TASS agency, about 530 people live in Timonovo, and about 650 people live in Soloti, which is adjacent to it.
Crimea: explosions in Belbek and Kerch
On Friday night, there was also evidence of an explosion in the area of the Belbek military airfield, located near Sevastopol in the annexed Crimea.
According to three sources, there were four explosions near the airfield. The agency also reports cases of rocket launches published on Ukrainian websites that occurred in at least one frame of two explosions. However, Reuters Economics was unable to promptly verify the video.
The head of the established administration of Russia of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev in the evening declaredthat an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down near the airport. No damage or incident, he added.
“Recently, in the area of the airport, Belbek showed air defense, according to preliminary data, an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down.
Prior to this adviser to the head of Moscow, the head of Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, wrote that the air defense system worked on Thursday evening in Kerch. “Dangers to the city and [Крымского] there is no bridge,” Kryuchkov noted.
TASS writes that “the sound was like thunder, the alarms went off at the cars.” The agency clarifies that local residents report two explosions.
Former “Minister of Defense” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Igor Girkin (Strelkov) in his own telegram channel wrote about it like this: “Attack on the airfield (airport) Belbek. Fire and detonation.”
Belbek is the location of the nearby airbase of the Russian Army in Crimea.
New Kakhovka in the Kherson region
Explosions also occur in the New Russian-occupied Army Kakhovka in the Kherson region of Ukraine on Thursday evening, according to Ukrainian media, citing local residents.
Videos of the air defense operation have been posted on social networks. These videos are not verified.
Vladimir Leontyev, head of the Russian occupation administration of Kakhovsky, told the TASS news agency that the city is being provided for shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Leontiev, air defense systems are working, data on destruction and casualties are being specified.
New Kakhovka is under fire. The day before, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that they had destroyed the base of the Russian military in the city.
On the night of consumption, the largest quantities are consumed during the explosions at Russian military installations.
In recent weeks, there have been increased explosions at the Russian military airfield at Novofedorovka near the resort town of Saki and at a revenue warehouse in the village of Maiskoye near Dzhankoy. Prior to this, the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked.
Kyiv has not officially announced the discovery of these infections, however, the Ukrainian authorities ask the inhabitants of the Crimea and other seizures of the Russian army not to approach military facilities.
On Thursday evening, Aleksey Arestovich, an adviser to the head of the presidential office, listed on his Twitter all the latest reports of explosions and added: “As you understand, we have nothing to do with it. We need to smoke less.”