Belbek airfield in Crimea was likely attacked for the second night in a row

At the Russian Belbek military airfield in annexed Sevastopol late Wednesday evening, it is believed after a missile attack from Ukraine, a fire broke out, writes telegram channel ASTRA with reference to two of his sources.

Ukrainian public “Crimean wind” asserts citing his sources that as a result of the attack at the Belbek airfield, a fuel depot caught fire.

The movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars “Atesh”, in turn, statedthat hits were recorded on several military targets in Crimea, including a missile and artillery weapons depot.

There is no independent confirmation of this information. The telegram channel “Rybar” associated with the Russian Ministry of Defense, however, also writes about a missile attack on annexed Crimea and that one of the explosions “was heard in the area of ​​the Belbek military airfield, and footage of a strong fire was leaked online.”

Explosions were reported by residents of Sevastopol, Simferopol, Dzhankoy and Gvardeysky, write Crimea. Realities.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that five ATACMS operational-tactical missiles were shot down over the territory of Crimea on Wednesday evening. Russian governor of annexed Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, reportedthat on the North Side, fragments of a downed rocket damaged two private houses and a car, and in another area several windows were broken by the blast wave. According to him, there were no casualties as a result of the attack.

As the BBC Russian Service notes, ATACMS ammunition is fired one at a time and not in salvos, that is, if we accept this version of events, either the shelling was carried out from several HIMARS installations, or the missiles were fired by one installation sequentially.

If reports of an attack on Belbek airfield are confirmed, this will mean that it was subjected to missile attacks for two nights in a row. On the night of May 15, explosions were also heard near the Belbek airfield. According to satellite images, three fires broke out at the airfield in the area of ​​the runway and aircraft parking areas.

According to according to Crimea.Realitiesthe 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Air Force, the Sevastopol Aviation Rescue Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia are stationed at the airfield, 12 Su-27 aircraft, 12 Su-27SM aircraft, three combat training Su-27UB and 5 two-seat Su-30M2 are based.

The Ukrainian military strikes have not yet been commented on. Earlier, Kiev stated that attacks on Russian military targets in annexed Crimea would increase. The United States says it does not approve of US-supplied weapons to Ukraine striking Russian territory, but Crimea is internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.