The authorities reported an explosion and falling debris in the village of Tomarovka, 45 km from the border with Ukraine
An explosion occurred in the urban settlement of Tomarovka in the Belgorod region, informed Oleg Medvedev, head of the administration of the Yakovlevsky city district, on VKontakte.
“Everything is calm in Tomarovka. There was a bang, debris fell to the ground. As expected, the street was cordoned off, and emergency services were called. The wreckage was examined – they do not pose a danger, they were taken away, ”he wrote.
According to Medvedev, there are no casualties or destruction. The cordon of roads in the area of the railway station is already being removed, traffic will be restored soon, he assured.
RBC sent a request to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Belgorod Region
The village is located about 45 km from the border with Ukraine.
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On April 1, a fire broke out in Belgorod at the oil depot of Belgorodnefteprodukt JSC (part of Rosneft). The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that the attack on the base was carried out by helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Later, the Ministry of Defense confirmed this version and clarified that the shelling was carried out by two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters.
The fire was extinguished in the evening of the same day, two employees of the tank farm were injured. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case on a “terrorist attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine” (Part 2, Article 205 of the Criminal Code).
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“This is not the first time we have seen such accusations. Therefore, I will neither confirm nor refute this information, ”said Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.