Powerful explosions heard in Oryol, Russia at night: CHP plant on fire
On the night of November 5, residents of the Russian city of Oryol reported a series of powerful explosions and bright flashes in the sky.
Russian media writes about this.
According to eyewitness accounts on local social media, at least two loud explosions were heard in different areas of the city around midnight. According to people, the impacts shook the walls of many houses and nearly blew out windows.
Videos of the explosions, taken from different parts of Orel, are circulating online. Despite this, no official warning of an air raid or threat of drone attacks in the city has been announced.
Later, the governor of Oryol region, Andriy Klychkov, said that air defense forces had allegedly shot down a drone over the city. According to him, the drone’s debris fell on residential areas, damaging several private houses and outbuildings.
Local Telegram channels report that the Oryol thermal power plant may have been hit. Analysts at ASTRA analyzed the video of the explosions and determined that they were filmed near Yagodny Lane, about a kilometer and a half from the thermal power plant.
Explosions were also heard in the Vladimir region that night. The regional governor, Alexander Avdeev, confirmed that a drone attack on energy infrastructure facilities had allegedly taken place on the outskirts of the city of Vladimir.
“Specialists are already working on site, and with the onset of daylight they will begin to eliminate the consequences. We ask you to remain calm,” Avdeev said.
Despite this, the Russian Ministry of Defense did not mention the Vladimir region in its morning briefing, although it reported the “successful downing” of 40 Ukrainian drones over several other regions of the Russian Federation.
As a reminder, an explosion occurred on the territory of a local petrochemical enterprise in the Russian city of Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan) on the morning of November 4. The event was preceded by the announcement of a “drone danger” in the region.
In addition, the General Staff noted that units of the Defense Forces struck the infrastructure of the Lukoil-Nizhnyegorodnefteorgsintez enterprise in the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region.
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