One person died and 5 were injured following ammunition explosions at the Saki military airbase, near Novodorivka
, in the Crimea.
The Russian defense ministry ruled out that it was a raid.
Tass reports it.
Some witnesses cited by the international media reported several explosions, about ten, of varying intensity, felt around 15.30 local time, throughout the area.
Report some columns of smoke.
Moscow, ammunition exploded in a base in Crimea: minor injuries but no casualties
But in the evening comes the claim of Kiev.
A senior Ukrainian military official said it
was the Kiev armed forces that hit the Russian base in Crimea
.
The New York Times reports it.
"It was an air base from which planes regularly departed for attacks on our forces in the southern theater," the official said.
On Twitter, presidential spokesman Mykhailo Podolyak wrote: "The future of Crimea will be to be a pearl of the Black Sea, a national park with a unique nature and a world tourist destination. Not a military base for terrorists. This is just the 'Start".
ANSA agency
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