"There are no casualties yet, the situation is under control," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the adviser to the head of the Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, confirmed the fact of several explosions in the Novofedorovka area on the west coast.
The Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that several aviation munitions detonated on the territory of the Saki airfield near the Novofedorovka settlement in Crimea.
Later, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, went to the scene.