An explosion at an ammunition depot in Belgorod killed three people and injured 16 others
An explosion and a fire took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday in an ammunition depot in one of the military units in Belgorod. According to Telegram channel 112, three people died, 16 were injured, eight were reported missing.
According to some sources, the grenade was detonated by the platoon commander. The explosion caused a fire with an area of 450 square metres.
This information is confirmed by the BAZA publication: according to preliminary data, all the dead and wounded are mobilised Russian servicemen.
The publication reports that the serviceman picked up the RGD-5 grenade to gain authority in front of his subordinates.
At the same time, the Russian state agency TASS reports that the detonation of the ammunition and a fire took place in a house of rural culture in the town of Tonenkoe in the Belgorod region. According to this agency, 10 soldiers were injured.
It is not yet clear whether it is one and the same incident or two separate ones.
