Residents of Sevastopol in the Crimea occupied by Russia in the evening of Thursday, August 18, reported the sounds of explosions. Russian agency. Novost, citing several interlocutors who live a few kilometers from the Belbek military airport, writes that the sounds of explosions are heard on the street. One of the agency's interlocutors stated that smoke was visible in the airfield area. Video Crimea Day.