Many explosions resounded at Russian bases in Crimea, when Moscow accused this as a sabotage activity, while Kiev did not officially admit.
The big black smoke on August 16 rises in the sky of Dzhankoi, an important railway center in the north of the Crimea peninsula that Russia uses to transport soldiers and equipment to Melitopol, southern Ukraine.
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The Russian media also reported another explosion at the military airport at Hvardeyskye village, not far from the capital of Simferopol of Crimea.
Satellite photos show that the air base has a large number of Sukhoi fighters.
The series of explosions took place just a week after the similar incident at the Russian Saky Air Base in Western Crimea, causing at least eight burning fighters.
The smoke rises after the explosion in the village of Mauskoye, Dzhankoi, Crimea peninsula on August 16.
The Russian Defense Ministry declared that these were sabotage actions, but Ukraine has not publicized the responsibility of committing a series of attacks.
However, the officials in Kiev had opened up about the possibility of Crimea's raids were conducted by guerrilla forces, after they were cheered by success from the Himars artillery raids that Ukraine performed.
A former senior Ukrainian official confirmed that Ukraine has plugged in a deep intelligence force behind the Russian route.
A counterattack that Kiev announced for a long time to regain Kherson in southern Ukraine has not happened.
On social networks, senior assistants in the Ukrainian government are very happy at the information about explosions in Crimea.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also acknowledged loyal armed groups with Ukraine which is damaging the military logistics and the resupply on the territory that Moscow controlled in the Crimea peninsula.
He today said the Russian Black Sea Fleet is currently having difficulty in efforts to control the sea, with patrols that are usually only conducted in the waters near the Crimea.
In the battlefield of southern Ukraine, fighting continues.
Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the military government of Dnipropetrovsk, said the city of Nikopol was often bombarded from the Russian base on the banks opposite Dnipro River.
The location of the Dnipro river area in southeastern Ukraine.
In Kherson, where Russia controlled in the first weeks of war, Ukrainian and Western officials said that Moscow's forces were increasingly difficult when the key bridges across the Dnipro River were destroyed.
The War Research Institute (ISW), a consultant organization in the US, on August 14, also stated that the Russian troops could move across the river to avoid stuck in Kherson.
However, many analysts believe that Ukraine's re -control efforts will face many challenges, when Moscow still dominates the area.
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) recorded 13,212 casualties, of which more than 5,514 people were killed, since the conflict broke out in Ukraine on February 24.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported nearly 10.7 million people who left Ukraine and more than 4.5 million people from abroad to Ukraine for nearly 6 months of conflict.
With new weapons from the West, Ukraine now switches to the tactics of the Russian route, eroding the opponent's ability to fight.
After hours of brainstorming in the front gland, Ukrainian soldiers retreated back and enjoyed something of normal life.