INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
annexed Crimea, the Russian-installed governor said, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of more than 2,000 civilians.Authorities
did not specify the cause of the blaze, but some Russian media reported that detonations were heard in the area and footage showed columns
of black smoke in the sky."The temporary evacuation of residents of four localities adjacent to the military site in the Kirovsky district
That's more than 2,000 people," said the Moscow-installed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed
about the fire, the Kremlin said Wednesday afternoon."We know that there was a fire there [in Crimea]
Emergency measures are being taken, the situation is being clarified," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Ukraine's GUR military
intelligence service denied that its head Kyrylo Budanov had issued a comment on the fire in Crimea.Spokesman Andriy Yusov told broadcaster
Suspilne that comments carried by several media outlets "that the explosion at the training ground in Crimea was the work of the armed
forces and the GUR are fake."Telegram channels believed to have links to Russian security services said the fire erupted at the training
peninsula.AFP contributed to this reporting.
