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  • 2022-08-10 (xsd:date)
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  • much less facts of intentional impacts on munitions with the aim of detonation."That is false.The Ukrainian Air Force Command said in a statement that the attack at the Saki base destroyed nine Russian warplanes (en)
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  • Update – Following are developments since our original fact check published on August 9: Citing a senior Ukrainian official, The New York Times reported on August 12 that Russian air forces may have suffered as many as 60 pilots and technicians dead and 100 wounded in the air base attack.The Russian occupational administration of Crimea reported 14 wounded and one killed in the blasts, claiming all of them are civilians.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his government officials from further publicizing details of Ukraine’s defense and tactics after the Western media quoted senior Ukrainian officials confirming that Kyiv was behind the Saki air base attack. The Russian Defense Ministry repeated its false claim that there was no attack on Saki air base but only an incidental detonation of munitions. The ministry has not mentioned any casualties.[End of update]On August 9, multiple explosions shook the Russian military airfield at Saki on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.A Russian defense official told Russia’s state-owned RIA Novosti news agency:As a main cause of the explosion of some munitions at the Saki airfield only a violation of fire safety requirements is considered. There are no signs (en)
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