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Russia bombs itself; blast opens huge crater in Belgorod [1]
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Date: 2023-04-20
Earlier today, a big crater appeared in downtown Belgorod, Russia.
x Belgorod right now pic.twitter.com/cSRFSXpYlM — Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 20, 2023
Was it a sinkhole? A careless smoker? Ukraine’s new secret weapon?
Russia claims it was … ummm … “an abnormal descent of aviation munitions.”
In other words, Russia bombed itself. Oops.
x 🤣 Russia confirmed they bombed Belgorod themselves
“Ministry of Defense of Russia
In the evening of April 20, during the flight of the VKS aircraft Su-34 over Belgorod city, there was an abnormal descent of aviation munitions.
As a result, residential buildings were damaged…” pic.twitter.com/REc2Ukct9H — Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) April 20, 2023
Now, I’m sure some of you are going to make fun of the incompetence of the Russian military. But who among us hasn’t accidentally bombed a city?
Naturally, there is video.
x The moment of the explosion in Belgorod pic.twitter.com/w1b5qDhtcV — Spriter (@Spriter99880) April 20, 2023
x Another view and sounds of the explosion in Belgorod pic.twitter.com/I2JyO1ZqIX — Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) April 20, 2023
Making it even worse, some folks were celebrating their decisive strike on intended target Kharkiv.
x russian Z channels announced the bombing and had been celebrating it until the bomb fell in Belgorid, and they quickly started deleting posts.
21:23- air raid alert in Kharkiv
22:13- air raid alert was canceled, and crater appeared in Belgorod pic.twitter.com/qipM7Lu6Xs — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) April 20, 2023
Maybe they can instead gloat that the missile was never intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses and exploded successfully.
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