KRASNODAR, March 1. /TASS/. Loud sounds heard in the city of Yeysk in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Territory on Tuesday evening are explained by military drills in the area, head of the Yeysk city administration Roman Bublik said on Tuesday, adding that there was no fire near the city.

Earlier, social networks disseminated reports about a fire at the Yeysk airfield which was allegedly caused by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone.

"Dear residents of the Yeysk district, I would like to recall that military drills are being held on the territory of the Yeysk district. We wrote about them earlier. Please stay calm. I always inform you about everything that is happening in the Yeysk district. So, please don’t yield to provocations spread on the web," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

He called on people to be critical about information from unofficial sources and always verify it. He also called on journalists and bloggers to contact relevant agencies for official comments and "refrain from publishing misleading fake news."

The Yeysk district administration wrote on its Telegram channel earlier that "tactical drills involving live firing and the use of anti-aircraft means" would be held at the Yeysky firing range in the Yeysk district from February 1 through May 31.