Posted on 04/06/2023 8:33:13 AM PDT by dennisw
A fire raged near the Kremlin yesterday as Vladimir Putin carried out secret talks with Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko.
As the two leaders met, emergency services swarmed to the blaze at a defence ministry building at 19 Znamenka Street, Moscow.
Dramatic footage shows smoke gushing from windows and rising into the sky.
Around 50 people were evacuated, with the cause of the fire currently unconfirmed.
Some reports said the section of the building on fire was a department of military property dealing with facilities across the country.
No injuries were reported.
As firefighters battle to extinguish the flames, Putin was believed to be holding talks with Lukashenko – an ally in his war with Ukraine – in the Kremlin.
Unexplained fires in Russia have been reported at factories, barracks and even a former Ikea store in recent months.
Ukrainian intelligence chief, Major-General Kyrylo Budanov told Forbes last month that the country was seeing many unusual explosions and fires.
‘Much of this is no accident,’ he said, admitting that Ukraine was paying Russian saboteurs.
‘Something is constantly on fire [in Russia].
‘Signalling equipment on railways, it lights up several times a day, on various highways constantly for two to three hours, sometimes for five to six hours, traffic gets suspended.’
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"What me worry? I've got you babe. I've got Ukraine. And my Docs just declared me cancer free, after I had me bodyguards point guns at them.
We’ll at least we don’t have to feel alone with our various food production facilities that keep burning down, exploding, and otherwise mysteriously being destroyed
your Russian sour grapes taste delicious
Your disposition will improve if you can hold off on the Putin rump swabbing for a few days. Go out and tiptoe though the tulips, that are now out in bloom.
“”And my Docs just declared me cancer free, after I had me bodyguards point guns at them.””
Is that a Scottish accent?
Kazan, that comment was disgusting and it has no place on a family friendly site.
"A four alarm fire rips through Russian defence building to make way for glorious new tractor factory!"
putler died again?
oddly serene , like a photoshop
That’s as much as “inferno” as seen on the Trump pee tape.
If it housed records that might point to corruption and embezzlement by some oligarch(s), what better way to destroy the evidence than a nice raging fire?
“Some reports said the section of the building on fire was a department of military property dealing with facilities across the country.”
Someone trying to cover up some embezzlement?
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