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Multiple explosions occurred at the Saky airfield near Novofedorivka in Crimea, causing local residents to report trembling windows and car alarms. Reports indicated that ammunition detonated in storage areas while no deliberate strike was confirmed.

Novofedorivka, Crimea
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Explosions occurred at the Saky airfield near Novofedorivka on August 9, 2022.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Multiple explosions were reported in storage areas, with local residents noting tremors and alarms.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Explosions hit a military airport in Russian-occupied Crimea, leading to memes by Ukrainian companies about resuming operations in the peninsula.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Explosions occurred at the Saki airbase on August 9, likely due to detonation of stored artillery ammunition.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Air Forces Commander Yuriy Ignat expressed confidence that enemy aviation based at the airfield was destroyed.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The Russian Ministry of Defense could not establish the cause of the fire but cited fire safety violations.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Explosions occurred at a Russian military airfield near Novofedorivka in occupied Crimea before August 10, 2022.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs captured Russian Su-30SM, Su-33, and Su-24M aircraft at the airfield four hours prior to the explosions.

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