An explosion on Sunday that injured three people and created a crater in the center of the city of Kireyevsk in Russia’s Tula region was caused by a Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh, the TASS news agency said, citing the forces of the order.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the blast in Kireyevsk, which is about 220 km south of Moscow and far from the Russian-Ukrainian border, a regional security agency confirmed to Reuters.
Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza reported that the explosion left a crater about 15 meters (50 feet) in diameter and five meters (16 feet) deep.
Earlier, Ukraine’s top security official on Sunday denounced the Kremlin’s plans to place tactical atomic weapons in Belarus, saying Russia was taking its ally “nuclear hostage.”
But Moscow claimed it was taking the move in response to growing Western military support for Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the plan in a television interview that aired on Saturday, saying it was prompted by a UK decision last week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium.
Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the example of the United States. He pointed out that Washington has nuclear weapons in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
“We are doing what they have been doing for decades, stationing them in certain allied countries, preparing the launch pads and training their crews,” he declared.
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