Ammunition explodes in airfield in Crimea

Aviation munitions went off at an airfield in western Crimea on Tuesday, causing no casualties so far, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Several aviation munitions were detonated at a storage area on the territory of the Saki airfield near the settlement of Novofedorovka, the ministry said, adding that the blast caused no damage to aviation equipment. The ministry said measures are being taken to extinguish the fire and uncover the cause of the explosion.