Ukrainian official denies attacking the Crimean Russian Army base, US media: Ukraine officials have admitted

According to the New York Times, Tuesday, local time, a series of explosions occurred in a Russian Air Force base on the Crimean Peninsula, causing at least one person to die. Russia said that an ammunition storage site in the base exploded and had not been attacked, but a senior Ukrainian military official who understood the situation claimed that the explosion was caused by the attack of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Black smoke at the explosion scene. Picture source: Foreign media

It is reported that the Wu military official who did not want to disclose his name said: "This is an Air Force base, (the Russian army) aircraft regularly take off from there, attacking the Ukraine's troops in the southern theater." The official was reluctant to disclose The types of weapons used when attacking this Russian Air Force base just said that "a device is completely made by Ukraine."

The Ukraine official also said that the attack on the Russian Air Force Base involved the guerrillas armed for loyalty to the Kyiv Government, but he would not disclose whether these arms launch a attack or assist the Ukrainian armed forces to attack the base.

It is reported that Ukrainian officials said that in order to touch the in -depth goals away from the front of the front, Ukraine increasingly relying on guerrillas in the Russian control zone. For example, the guerrillas have assisted the Ukraine to attack the Russian base and ammunition stores in the Hermuson area.

President of Ukrainian President Podoliak. Source: Visual China

Although the Ukraine officials said that the explosion of the Russian base was related to the Ukraine, Ukrainian officials refused to be responsible for the matter in public. According to Reuters, when asked if Kyiv was responsible for these explosions, Ukraine Presidential Consultant Podoliak said: "Of course not (responsible), what does it have to do with us?" He also said that the explosion may have to have Attribution to the "incompetence" or guerrillas of Russian personnel.

However, a tweet published on Twitter in Twitter stated that "Crimea's future is a pearl of the Black Sea and a national park and a world resort with unique natural scenery, not terrorists. Military base. This is just the beginning. "

The Ukraine Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that Ukraine could not determine the cause of the explosion "and suggested that the Russian base personnel abide by the ban on smoking.

Black smoke at the explosion scene. Picture source: Foreign media

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Tuesday that at 3:20 pm local time on August 9th, some aviation ammunition was exploded in a closed storage site in the Sagaka military airport in Snaplovca, Crimea No aircraft was damaged, and the ammunition storage location at the airport was not attacked.

As for the cause of the explosion, some Russian media quoted a source of the Russian Ministry of Defense that violating fire safety regulations was considered to be the main cause of explosion. The source pointed out that there were no signs, evidence or facts that the ammunition library was deliberately destroyed.

According to the Crimean health department, the explosion has killed 1 civilian and 8 people were injured.

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