When a powerful blast shook a Russian city near the border of Ukraine residents thought it was a Ukrainian attack, but the Russian military quickly acknowledged that it was a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its own warplanes.
telegram channel of Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov
The explosion late Thursday was far more powerful than anything Belgorod residents had experienced before. Witnesses reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and shattered their windows. But about an hour later, the Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged that a weapon accidentally released by one of its own Su-34 bombers caused the blast. The ministry did not provide any further details, but military experts said the weapon likely was a powerful 500-kilogram bomb.
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