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Massive explosion near the Russian city where the factory for the production of rockets is located

2024-02-08 09:07:04, Kosova & Bota CNA

Massive explosion near the Russian city where the factory for the production of

A large explosion lit up the sky on the evening of February 7 near Votkinsk, a city about 1,000 kilometers east of Moscow, the location of a Russian rocket factory.

Residents of Votkinsk reported a powerful explosion near the city and posted videos on social media showing huge flames and yellow flames high in the sky.

Others said the blast occurred at the Votkinsk machinery plant, which makes some of the Russian military's most sophisticated missiles, including the types it has used against Ukraine.

The explosion was also reported by Russia's state news agency TASS, which quoted the emergency services agency as saying a "rocket engine test was scheduled" at the plant.

"This is not an emergency [but] a planned [event]," a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said, according to Russian state media.

But there was no indication of any planned testing on the Ministry's website.

There are no reports of casualties.

At the end of 2023, the Votkinsk plant announced 19 government contracts for the production of nuclear weapons components. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited this factory in 2011, when he was prime minister.

The Volkinsk factory is located about 50 kilometers from Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurtia region. It produces parts and platforms for nuclear warheads for the Topol-M, Yars and Bulava missile systems, as well as bodies for Iskander missiles, according to the Kremlin.

"Your factory is one of the main enterprises in Russia's defense industry", Putin said during the visit in 2011./ REL





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