Explosions occurred in Russian-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, with Russian authorities claiming they were controlled detonations for dismantling unsafe structures at the Black Sea Fleet headquarters.

Explosions in Sevastopol were controlled detonations to dismantle unsafe structures at Black Sea Fleet headquarters

Mikhail Razvozhaev claimed the city was under attack and that a missile had been downed at the nearby Belbek military airfield.

The Crimean Bridge was closed to car traffic.

Russia's defence ministry said its air defences had destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles over the northwestern Black Sea, and the Crimean peninsula

Explosions were recorded at the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.