Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself.
— explosions were reported near an air base in Belbek, on the southwest coast near Sevastopol, headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. On the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky was also lit up at Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow said was fire from its air defences.
"The Ukrainian armed forces treated the Russians to a magical evening," Seriy Khlan, a member of Kherson's regional council disbanded by Russian occupation forces, wrote on Facebook. Video showing huge flames and smoke in the night sky, purportedly at the Russian base in Belbek, was tweeted by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt."It certainly looks bad — or good — dependent on the perspective," he wrote. Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the video.
In recent days, Kyiv has been issuing warnings to Russians, for whom Crimea has become a popular summer holiday destination, that nowhere on the peninsula is safe as long as it is occupied. The power station is held by Russian troops on the bank of a reservoir; Ukrainian forces control the opposite bank.
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