Ukraine Update: After 24 Hours, Fire Still Burning at Russian Base in Crimea

At a military base near Dzhankoi in Crimea on Wednesday (17/8/2022), a day after the base was attacked, the fire raged on and ammunition exploded.

Around 3,000 people had to be evacuated during the chaos.

According to Sky News, Ukrainian special troops operating inside the peninsula's Russian occupation carried out the attack.

On Wednesday, a helicopter was used to put out the fire, according to Sergei Aksyonov, the leader of the Crimea, but ammunition kept going off.

He stated that the hunt for the perpetrators is still on.

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Since Russia attacked Ukraine, Crimea has been a "secure" territory.

It served as the invasion's pre-deployment hub and got under way on February 24.

Russia asserts that "sabotage" was to blame for the strike on Tuesday.