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Crimea explosions - Russian comments round-up.

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August 16th was certainly an eventful day for residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Several explosions rocked the peninsula, including a large blast at the ammunitions stockpile located in the town of Dzhankoy.

While a certain number of Russian commentators made statements about this attack, the majority steered clear from paying too much attention in an attempt to downplay the impact such a strike might have. Nothing new.

Yet, we managed to scrape some of the most amusing reactions and translated them for your pleasure.

This is the second time we see Crimea under attack in recent weeks, however, unlike in the previous instance, this time the authorities quickly admitted that the explosions were a result of attacks by Ukrainian sabotage groups:

Later in the day, a number of sources published the before and after satellite photos of the strike location:

Many in the West woke up today to the fabulous news about the attack, and the reactions from the Russian military experts and commentators quickly followed. Here’s what the popular Russian Telegram channel “Starshe Eddy” noted:

Rybar, another channel known for regular frontline updates provided a more expanded overview of the situation, generally agreeing that an underestimation of Ukrainian forces led to such a result, once again hoping that “necessary measures will be taken” (as if):

Rybar didn’t stop there. After all, the strike was certainly sensitive, so he added more to his notes later, criticising various on-going military expos in Russia:

It wouldn’t be a great reactions round-up without our beloved international terrorist Igor Girkin, who posted a caustic comment about the Crimea explosions:

A more or less sensible comment was made by ex-Ukrainian defector Dimitriyev in his Telegram channel, stating the quick admission of sabotage was aimed at removing responsibility from the higher authorities:

Finally, a jolly comment came from the Russian Federation Council Andrey Klishas, known for his anti-Western remarks, simply saying this was an attack on Russia in general (no sh*t, Mr. Klishas):

We certainly hope similar measures will be taken by the Russian authorities to ensure we can see more of these wonderful mysterious explosions in the Crimea in the near future.

Stay tuned.