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Military bases in Russia and Belarus were rocked by eruptions of fire and explosions on Thursday, days after a Russian air base in Crimea saw an explosion that wiped out nine fighter jets.
Russian media reported that a military housing unit burst into flames in a town outside Moscow early Thursday morning, but did not provide information on how the blaze started.
The General Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Moscow Region reportedly said it took more than 35 men to identify the fire after spotting smoke rising from under the roof.
“The fire has now been put out and there is no information about casualties,” a source told the Russian state news agency TASS.
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Belarusian news outlets likewise reported several explosions in the early hours of Thursday morning at the Ziabravka airfield in the Gomel region of southern Belarus, where Belarusian forces are being checked for “combat readiness” and borders with Ukraine.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry said some military equipment caught fire after an inspection late Wednesday night, Kyiv Independent reported.
Advisor to the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsyhanuskaya, gave to twitter At least eight explosions have occurred near an air base “used by Russian aviation in the war with Ukraine,” it said.
“So far, it has not been confirmed whether these explosions are related to military drills conducted by Russian and Belarusian forces on Belarusian territory,” added adviser Flanak Viacholka.
The simultaneous firing comes days after an explosion rocked a Russian air base in occupied Crimea, destroying at least nine fighter jets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech Wednesday night that “the occupiers have lost 10 fighters in just one day, nine of them in Crimea and one on the way to Zaporizhia.” Stated. “The occupiers are also suffering new losses in armored vehicles, warehouses with ammunition and logistics routes.”
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“The more losses the occupiers will suffer, the more we will be able to free the land and guarantee the security of Ukraine,” he added.
The cause of the explosion in Crimea remains unknown, and Ukrainian defense officials are not responsible for the attack on the air base.
Images released Thursday may have suggested it was a missile strike, but Moscow downplayed the devastating event, saying the ammunition accidentally detonated at the airfield, Reuters reported. claimed.
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Mihailo Podoljak Advisor to Zelenskyapparently took the opportunity to say that the “technical mishaps” that plague Russia’s defense are “karma”.
“The prevalence of technical accidents at military airfields in Crimea and Belarus should be taken as a warning by the Russian military. Forget Ukraine, take off your uniform and go away,” he tweeted. “Neither occupied Crimea nor occupied Belarus feels safe.
“Karma will find you wherever you are,” he added.