Another explosion at the Crimean base: Zelenskyj adviser sees “increased risk of death for invaders”

Created: 08/16/2022, 10:29 am

By: Felix Durach

There was another explosion in an ammunition depot in Crimea on Tuesday morning.

Moscow has so far remained silent on the causes.

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• Another

  explosion

  in

  Crimea

  : Two people were apparently injured in detonations and a fire on the Black Sea peninsula.

• Zelenskyj

  calls on Moscow again to

  withdraw from Zaporizhia

  : The Ukrainian President again warned of the consequences of a nuclear catastrophe.

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Moscow - According to the Russian army, there was another explosion on Tuesday morning on the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.

The fire is said to have broken out at around 5:15 a.m. at a makeshift ammunition storage facility at a base in the Dzhankoy district in the north of the peninsula.

A nearby substation is also said to be affected.

Crimea chief of administration Sergei Aksyonov said on site that there were two injured.

The Russian Ministry of Defense must comment on the reasons for the detonation, he said.

Another explosion in Crimea - the causes of the incident are still unclear

"An evacuation is underway, and a five-kilometer security zone is being formed for the safety of residents," the governor said.

Defense Department, National Guard and Civil Defense forces are deployed.

Last week there was a serious explosion at a military base in Crimea.

According to official figures, 14 people were injured in the incident.

Another person died.

Experts believe Ukraine struck the base, destroying several fighter jets.

Kyiv has not officially confirmed the attack.

Russia, on the other hand, claims the explosion occurred because of fire safety violations.

Presidential adviser Podolyak: "Increased risk of death for invaders" in Crimea

The government in Kyiv also did not officially comment on the explosion on Tuesday.

However, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning that there was an “increased risk of death for invaders and thieves” in Russian-occupied Crimea.

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Selenskyj calls on Moscow again to withdraw from Zaporizhia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not yet commented on the incident.

However, the 44-year-old was again concerned on Monday evening with regard to the situation around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia.

The largest nuclear power plant in Europe is still occupied by Russian troops.

In his daily video speech, Zelenskyy again called on Moscow to withdraw from the reactor site.

"Any radioactive incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant could also become a blow to the countries of the European Union and Turkey and Georgia and the countries of more distant regions," the head of state said.