{"id":179706,"date":"2023-09-07T07:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=179706"},"modified":"2023-09-07T07:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T07:56:38","slug":"huge-drone-explosion-erupts-near-russian-regional-war-command-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/huge-drone-explosion-erupts-near-russian-regional-war-command-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge drone explosion erupts near Russian regional war command HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"
A huge kamikaze drone explosion hit close to Vladimir Putin’s war command headquarters in Rostov-on-Don in the early hours of the morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shocking footage shows a giant fireball rising up over the city, which lies near Russian-occupied Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The explosion whipped up a savage blaze in the vicinity of the military HQ, which Putin is reported to have visited several times throughout the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three buildings and several cars were damaged according to an initial assessment by Rostov region governor Vasily Golubev.<\/p>\n
The war command bunker is at the HQ of Russia’s Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don.<\/p>\n
It was here in June that slain Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin began his attempted coup against Putin’s regime, later staging a march towards Moscow.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Shocking footage shows a giant fireball rising up over the city, which lies near Russian-occupied Ukraine<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The explosion whipped up a savage blaze in the vicinity of the military HQ, which Putin is reported to have visited several times throughout the war<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The war command bunker is at the HQ of Russia ‘s Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don<\/p>\n
Residents expressed shock at the attack and 20 blocks of flats on Pushkinskaya Street were left without electricity.<\/p>\n
A state of emergency was declared in the centre of the city due to the kamikaze drone strike.<\/p>\n
Reports said 99 residents were given hot food and offered to leave their homes.<\/p>\n
As has become routine, Russian officials claimed a drone targeting in the city centre had been shot down, but it was unclear whether the drone managed to evade air defences.<\/p>\n
Another drone came down outside the city.<\/p>\n
‘At about 3am an air defence system went off in Rostov-on-Don,’ said Golubev.<\/p>\n
‘An unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down. The consequences on the ground are being clarified.’<\/p>\n
Later he said: ‘At the site of the UAV crash\u2026 an emergency mode was introduced from 9am. 99 people live in these three blocks. Meals will be organised for them.’<\/p>\n
Putin used the war command post in Rostov as a backdrop for his New Year message to Russians in 2023, posing with troops.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A block is seen on fire after the strike<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The aftermath of the drone strike in Rostov is revealed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A damaged car is seen after the strike<\/p>\n
Some seven kamikaze drones in total attacked Russian targets during the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One – allegedly a Ukrainian Beaver drone capable of flying up to 620 miles –\u00a0hit Ramenskoye near Moscow, close to Zhukovsky international airport.<\/p>\n
The Russian authorities claimed they had shot it down, causing damage to a high rise residential building.<\/p>\n
The attack triggered the closure of air space in Moscow, causing major flight disruption at the city’s four international airports.<\/p>\n
The capital’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin said: ‘Tonight in the Ramenskoye urban district, air defence forces thwarted an attempted drone attack on Moscow.’<\/p>\n
The railway station in Bryansk – capital of a region bordering Ukraine – was also damaged by a drone attack.<\/p>\n