The administration of US President Joe Biden allowed Kyiv to strike at the temporarily occupied Crimea with Western weapons, "

It is reported by Politico with reference to a senior official of the US presidential administration..

" Any target they decide to pursue on sovereign Ukrainian soil is, by definition, self-defense,"

When asked whether the administration considers the peninsula a sovereign Ukrainian territory, the official replied: "

Literally, social networks have just been filled with reports of explosions near the Belbek airfield in Sevastopol..

On the afternoon of August 9, Crimean, Russian media and local residents reported a series of explosions at a military airfield in the village of Novofedorovka (Saki) in Russian-annexed Crimea. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at least nine Russian aircraft were destroyed there..

On the morning of August 16, explosions were heard in the Dzhankoy district of the Russian-occupied Crimea. Local Telegram-publics and occupational media began to provide information about explosions and fire around 7 am. Later, the self-proclaimed head of the peninsula, Aksyonov, confirmed the explosions and announced two victims.. The Russian Defense Ministry has traditionally reported on the "