Fire at the Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense: negligence or sabotage?
Fire at the Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense: negligence or sabotage?
Six killed in fire at Russian defence research institute - reports
By Reuters Reuters1 min
April 21 (Reuters) - Six people were killed on Thursday after a blaze broke out at a defence research institute in the Russian city of Tver about 160 km (100 miles) northwest of Moscow, Russian news agencies quoted local authorities as saying.
The authorities said 27 people had been injured. TASS news agency reported, citing emergency services, that at least 10 people were missing.
Footage from the scene circulating on Russian social media showed thick smoke and flames billowing from the institute's windows. There was no official word on what caused the fire.
The institute is engaged in aerospace research, including on a unified air defence system for the CIS bloc of former Soviet republics, according to the Russian defence ministry's website.
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By general-ivanov1.livejournal.com3 min
04/21/2022 at 11:08 am, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tver Region received information about a fire in the building at the address Tver, emb. Afanasia Nikitina, 32.
The fire occurred in an office on the second floor of the administrative building , that is, which is its integral part of the 2nd Central Research Order of the October Revolution of the Red Banner Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - a scientific center for the development of weapons for air defense and aerospace defense. Among the developments of the 2nd Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are the invisibility systems for Su-27 and Tu-160 aircraft, participation in the development of the Iskander missile system. In total, with the participation of the institute, 8 types of anti-aircraft missile systems, 10 types of fighter-interceptors, 32 complexes of control automation equipment were put into service.
The fire quickly spread through the wooden floors. The roof collapsed (over the entire area). The fire was assigned the third number of complexity. Because of the fire, the city plunged into smoke, the authorities blocked the embankment and the central part of Tver. 69 pieces of equipment took part in the extinguishing. The Mi-8 helicopter drew water from the Volga and poured fire from the air.
The fire area was 2.5 thousand square meters. meters; it is localized only by 16:35. " Open burning has been eliminated, and the burnt structures are being poured and dismantled ," a TASS source said at 19:42.
Six employees of the defense research institute were killed (previously, the media spoke of seven dead), 27 were injured; someone inhaled smoke, someone got injured jumping out of windows.
According to Alexander Zhukov, head of the department for organizing fire fighting and emergency rescue operations of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Tver Region, the extinguishing was complicated by weather conditions. It means strong wind.
"The military prosecutor's office of the Tver garrison of the Western Military District organized an inspection in connection with a major fire at the Central Research Institute of the Aerospace Defense Troops in Tver. security, take measures aimed at eliminating violations and bringing the perpetrators to justice if there are grounds ," the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
Согласно предварительной версии, пожар мог произойти из-за аварийной работы электросети. В соцсетях многие, очень многие считают произошедшее терактом. И прозрачно намекают на укропский след.
The website "Politnavigator": " Local residents in social networks began to suspect that the arson at the research institute, which is related to the Ministry of Defense, was an act of sabotage by Ukrainian radicals. "Judging by how quickly the building burned down, it was beneficial to someone, or fire services in the city is at zero level, "writes Sergey Mirny. "The cruiser Moskva also burned down ... Draw your own conclusions," the user with the pseudonym "Expert" notes. Comments from representatives of Ukraine also speak in favor of the sabotage trail. "Suddenly, NII-2 in Tver caught fire, one of the leading Russian research institutes engaged in the development of air defense systems," Ukrainian propagandist Andrei Tsaplienko writes in his blog .
Vladislav Lobaev, designer, founder of the weapons company Lobaev Arms and owner of Design Bureau of Integrated Systems LLC: “ In Russia, the Dmitrievsky chemical plant in the city of Kineshma burned down. Ukrainian border. Also, the building of the defense research institute in Tver burned to the ground. Six people were killed and 20 injured. It was at this institute that the Iskanders and S-400 were developed. In one day, two large fires. Or arson? In such coincidences, especially with large or such significant enterprises, it is hard to believe. In wartime, it is necessary to more actively work out the version of sabotage . "
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