Explosions thundered in the occupied Crimea: where is Novofedorivka

10 August 2022, 00:54 | Ukraine
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Today at about 4 p.m. news channels were filled with reports of explosions at a military airfield in Novofedorovka, in the temporarily occupied Crimea. [see_also ids\u003d" And also that work is now underway to extinguish the fire and “finding out the causes of the explosion”.

According to Russian media reports, a cordon has been organized around the airfield within a radius of five kilometers, only doctors and rescuers are allowed through..

Meanwhile, the peninsula begins to panic. Russian publics publish videos with traffic jams, including those near the resort town of Yevpatoria, and write that people are leaving Crimea en masse.

What is in Novofedorovka and why is it so important.

Novofedorovka is an urban-type settlement in the Saki region of Crimea. Since 2014, it has been under Russian occupation, like the entire territory of the peninsula. The village is located in close proximity to the coast of the Kalamitsky Bay of the Black Sea. The city of Evpatoria is located 18 kilometers from it.

The city-forming enterprise of the village is the Saki military airfield, which is located immediately behind the residential area on the eastern outskirts. It was on it that explosions thundered today.

As of 2020, the 43rd Separate Naval Assault Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Naval Aviation Regiment of the Black Sea Fleet is stationed here.



In Soviet times, a large aviation garrison of the Black Sea Fleet Air Force was stationed there.. Then the village was called Saki-4 and many aviation units of the Black Sea Fleet were stationed there. In the mid-70s, it was here that research and practical work on the Yak-38 deck-based aircraft were carried out, then the Nitka take-off and landing systems test site was built and the 39th Naval Aviation Directorate was formed (then the 1063rd Combat Use Center was created.




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