{"id":50571,"date":"2026-05-16T21:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/explosions-and-air-defense-activity-reported-in-crimea-near-kacha-and-belbek-airfields\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:01:39","slug":"explosions-and-air-defense-activity-reported-in-crimea-near-kacha-and-belbek-airfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/explosions-and-air-defense-activity-reported-in-crimea-near-kacha-and-belbek-airfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosions and air defense activity reported in Crimea near &apos;Kacha&apos; and &apos;Belbek&apos; airfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In temporarily occupied Crimea, a series of explosions, air defense activity, and gunfire near military facilities in Sevastopol, Simferopol, and the Bakhchysarai district were reported in the evening. The peninsula is likely under a drone attack. This was reported by the &quot;Crimean Wind&quot; Telegram channel and the &quot;ATESH&quot; partisan movement, according to UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>According to sources, several powerful explosions occurred near the &quot;Kacha&quot; military airfield near Sevastopol. Reports of explosions began to arrive around 11:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Occupiers close Crimean Bridge following reports of drones moving toward the peninsula16.05.26, 03:05 \u2022 3044 views<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses also reported active fire from machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and Russian &quot;Pantsir&quot; air defense systems in the vicinity of the airfield.<\/p>\n<h2>Gunfire heard in Sevastopol and near Belbek<\/h2>\n<p>&quot;Crimean Wind&quot; reported that &quot;machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are firing non-stop at the Kacha airfield.&quot; There were also reports of gunfire near the &quot;Belbek&quot; airfield and explosions at Cape Fiolent in Sevastopol.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;ATESH&quot; agents report explosions near Marshal Zhukov Street in Simferopol<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 reads one of the messages from the partisan movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Explosions also recorded in the Bakhchysarai district<\/h2>\n<p>According to local Telegram channels, a Russian anti-aircraft gun was also active in the village of Berehove, Bakhchysarai district.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described the situation in Sevastopol as &quot;very loud,&quot; and the explosions in the &quot;Kacha&quot; area as some of the most powerful in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no official information from the Russian occupation authorities regarding the causes of the explosions or potential consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;ATESH&quot; partisans claim discovery of Russian Black Sea Fleet ammunition cache in Sevastopol16.05.26, 07:47 \u2022 3576 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In temporarily occupied Crimea, a series of explosions, air defense activity, and gunfire near military facilities in Sevastopol, Simferopol, and the Bakhchysarai district were reported in the evening. The peninsula is likely under a drone attack. This was reported by the &quot;Crimean Wind&quot; Telegram channel and the &quot;ATESH&quot; partisan movement, according to UNN. Details According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}