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In Russian-occupied Crimea, a military unit is burning and a Russian ammunition depot is exploding outside the town of Dzhankoi.

According to Ukrinform, the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, wrote this on Facebook.

“Reports are coming from the temporarily occupied Crimea: a precision strike on the military unit of the orcs in the village of Qalay (currently known as Azovske) in the Dzhankoi district,” Chubarov wrote.

According to Chubarov, at 08:04, the “Gauleiter” of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, urgently left for the village of Maiske, Dzhankoi district. The village of Maiske is located one kilometer from the village of Qalay (Azovske).

Media reports said that according to preliminary information, a fire broke out at the transformer substation in Dzhankoi and ammunition started exploding in the village of Maiske.

As was reported earlier, the occupation “authorities” of Crimea confirmed explosions on August 9 near Novofedorivka, where a Russian military airbase is located. Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported the “detonation of aircraft ammunition” at the airfield.