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| Russia's Belgorod sees mass evacuations over undetonated bomb | Russia's Belgorod sees mass evacuations over undetonated bomb |
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| Thursday's blast damaged a number of buildings - it's not known if the explosive found on Saturday was from the same aircraft | Thursday's blast damaged a number of buildings - it's not known if the explosive found on Saturday was from the same aircraft |
| More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the Russian city of Belgorod after an undetonated explosive was found. | More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the Russian city of Belgorod after an undetonated explosive was found. |
| It comes two days after Russia accidentally dropped a bomb on the same city, damaging houses and injuring several people. | It comes two days after Russia accidentally dropped a bomb on the same city, damaging houses and injuring several people. |
| It's not known if the bomb discovered on Saturday came from the same aircraft - a Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet. | It's not known if the bomb discovered on Saturday came from the same aircraft - a Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet. |
| The city is located about 40km (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine. | The city is located about 40km (25 miles) from the border with Ukraine. |
| The local governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed on Telegram that 17 apartment buildings had to be cordoned off "within a radius of 200 metres", affecting 3,000 residents. | The local governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed on Telegram that 17 apartment buildings had to be cordoned off "within a radius of 200 metres", affecting 3,000 residents. |
| He later said people were starting to return to their homes after a "shell" had been removed. | He later said people were starting to return to their homes after a "shell" had been removed. |
| The undetonated device was found in the same area as the bomb that was accidentally dropped on Thursday evening, leaving a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide close to the city centre. | The undetonated device was found in the same area as the bomb that was accidentally dropped on Thursday evening, leaving a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide close to the city centre. |
| The explosion was so large it blew a car on to the roof of a nearby shop. | The explosion was so large it blew a car on to the roof of a nearby shop. |
| After that incident, the Russian defence ministry admitted that one of its Su-34 jets had "accidentally discharged aircraft ordnance" over the city. | After that incident, the Russian defence ministry admitted that one of its Su-34 jets had "accidentally discharged aircraft ordnance" over the city. |
| Dramatic CCTV footage of Thursday's blast shows an object landing near a crossroads with passing cars, and detonating about 18 seconds later. | Dramatic CCTV footage of Thursday's blast shows an object landing near a crossroads with passing cars, and detonating about 18 seconds later. |
| Watch: Moment Russian warplane accidentally bombs the Russian city of Belgorod | Watch: Moment Russian warplane accidentally bombs the Russian city of Belgorod |
| Watch: Moment Russian warplane accidentally bombs the Russian city of Belgorod | Watch: Moment Russian warplane accidentally bombs the Russian city of Belgorod |
| It's not the first such incident - last October a Sukhoi fighter-jet - again, an Su-34 - crashed in the Russian city of Yeysk killing at least 13 people. | It's not the first such incident - last October a Sukhoi fighter-jet - again, an Su-34 - crashed in the Russian city of Yeysk killing at least 13 people. |
| Russian jets regularly fly over Belgorod, a city of 370,000, on their way to Ukraine. | Russian jets regularly fly over Belgorod, a city of 370,000, on their way to Ukraine. |
| It lies just north of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, and has come under periodic Ukrainian attack since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last year. | It lies just north of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, and has come under periodic Ukrainian attack since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last year. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| War in Ukraine | |
| Russia | Russia |
| Ukraine | Ukraine |