The Dzhankoy military base and airfield in the Russia-occupied peninsula hosts the 39th helicopter regiment of the 27th mixed aviation division.
New videos appear to show a fire raging in northern Crimea, after reports of explosions around a military airfield overnight.Footage widely circulated on social media by Russian and Ukrainian sources early on Wednesday show bright flashes of light and explosions, with sirens wailing in the background. A local Telegram channel reported 'several loud explosions,' starting just before 4 a.m. local time, before a fire broke out.
Earlier this month, pro-Ukrainian partisans operating in Crimea said they had detected a 'build up' of air defense systems on the peninsula, including at Dzhankoy. The Atesh group said additional anti-aircraft missile systems around the Dzhankoy airfield were 'not camouflaged in any way.
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