several explosions hit two strategic airbases in Russia

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According to Russian media, a fuel truck exploded in one and there are three dead. Official silence on the causes.

Several explosions hit two Russian airbases on Monday, according to Russian media. One of the explosions would have occurred at a base where there are nuclear-capable bombers who have been involved in attacks against Ukraine.

Neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian authorities they made comments initially about the possible cause of the detonations.

three soldiers diedsix were injured and one aircraft was damaged when a fuel truck exploded at an air base in Ryazan, in western Russia, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. At the base there is long haul fuel planes that allow bombers to be refueled in the air.



Firefighters work in a bombed-out building in Russian-controlled Donetsk. Photo: Reuters

Meanwhile, authorities in the Saratov region, along the Volga River, said they were investigating reports of an explosion in the area of Engels Air Force Base, where there is strategic bombers Tu-95 and Tu-160 who have been involved in attacks against Ukraine. those bombers They can carry nuclear weapons.

Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin said there was no damage to civilian facilities, adding that the authorities were checking whether any incidents had occurred at military facilities.

Regional media reported a loud explosion near the Engels base and quoted some residents who said they had seen a flash of light coming from the area.

Asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin had been informed about the explosion at the Engels base, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said simply that the president received regular information about events.

War front and embargo

In Ukraine on Monday, President Volodimir Zelensky’s office said three rockets had hit his hometown of Kryvyi Rih in the south-central part of the country, killing a factory worker and wounding three others. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, one person was killed in S-300 missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in the town of Kupyansk.




The war that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has displaced millions of people from their homes, killing and wounding an unknown number of civilians, and rocking the global economy, especially through its effect on the prices and availability of food, fertilizer and fuel, crucial exports from Ukraine and Russia.

Several Western countries began imposing on Monday a price limit of 60 dollars a barrel to Russian crude and they vetoed some varieties, within the new measures to increase the pressure on Moscow for the war.

The decision has been rejected by the Kremlin and criticized by Zelensky, whose government I wanted to cut the price in half.

Several Western countries began imposing a price cap of $60 a barrel on Russian crude on Monday.  Photo: Reuters


Several Western countries began imposing a price cap of $60 a barrel on Russian crude on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who is responsible for energy affairs, warned in televised remarks on Sunday that Russia will not sell its oil to countries attempting to use the price cap.

“We will only sell oil and oil products to countries that work with us. at arm’s lengtheven if we have to reduce production to some extent,” Novak said in televised remarks hours before the measure took effect.

The bloc of 27 European countries also imposed an embargo on Russian crude shipped by sea.

Russia, the second largest crude oil producer in the world, depends on the sale of gas and oil to maintain its economy, already choked by sweeping international sanctions due to Putin’s war in Ukraine.

In recent weeks, Russia has attacked Ukrainian infrastructure, including power plants, and is continuing an offensive in the east, especially in and around the city of Bakhmut.

Russian forces have also gained a foothold near the southern city of Jershonretaken by Ukrainian forces last month after eight months of occupation.

Associated Press

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