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Head of Crimea says one person killed in airbase blast

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - One person was killed by a blast at a military airbase at Saky in the Russian-controlled Crimean peninsula on Tuesday, the Russian head of Crimea's administration, Sergei Aksyonov, said on social media.

The Moscow defence ministry said earlier that the explosion had been a detonation of aviation ammunition, not the result of any attack.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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