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Massive Ukraine Munitions Blasts May Have Been Caused By a Drone (bbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the I-smell-sabatoge dept.

dryriver writes: The BBC reports that 20,000 people are being evacuated from the immediate area around a munition dump in Ukraine that has gone up in flames. The 350 hectare munition dump near Kharkiv is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists and was used to supply military units in the conflict zone in nearby Luhansk and Donetsk. A drone was reported to have been used in an earlier attempt to set the facility on fire in December 2015. Authorities are now investigating whether someone possibly flew a drone over the facility that dropped an explosive device that caused the stored munitions to catch fire and explode. Ukrainian authorities believe that the conflagration at the facility is the result of sabotage.

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  1. Expect Russia to take advantage by quonset · · Score: -1, Troll

    While Ukraine is busy finding out how much was lost, and thus not usable for its troops, expect Russia to take advantage of this situation by trying to take more Ukrainian land.

    Granted, they have failed repeatedly to do so in the Svitlodarska area, and even lost ground while trying, not to mention a few other places such as Avdiivka, but this won't deter them from losing more men on top of the nearly 3,000 soldiers they've already lost invading and attacking Ukraine.

  2. putin did it just like the person he had killed to by Joe_Dragon · · Score: -1, Troll

    putin did it just like the person he had killed today in the Ukraine.

  3. Re:350 Hectares? by sgage · · Score: 1, Troll

    You are just making shit up. Russian troops are not shelling Ukrainian towns and villages every day, Quite the opposite, it the Ukies shelling the Donbas.

  4. Re:Neglect is more likely by PopeRatzo · · Score: -1, Troll

    And during the US election you threw vitriol at anyone bringing up the number of deaths and "suicide by two gunshots in the back of the head" surrounding the Clintons.

    What makes those claims absurd conspiracy theories and yours about Putin not?

    I think you answered your own question, in a roundabout way.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  5. Re: Neglect is more likely by fubarrr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go suck Putins dick commie looser