A Russian military airfield in Crimea has caught fire for a second night in a row, according to new reports, after Moscow said Ukraine had launched consecutive long-range strikes on the Russian-controlled peninsula.

Fires broke out at the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea following a missile attack overnight on May 15, the Crimean Wind monitoring channel reported, sharing satellite imagery showing the sources of ignition.

Despite initial assertions from Russian officials that Ukrainian long-range missiles were completely intercepted by air defenses, subsequent claims acknowledged the use of ATACMS missiles in the strikes.