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KIEV (Reuters) - Massive explosions and a blaze at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine forced authorities to evacuate 24,000 people and close airspace over the region, officials said on Wednesday. The blasts occurred late on Tuesday at a military base near Kalynivka in the Vynnytsya region, 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Kiev, Ukrainian emergencies service said in a statement. One person was injured, it said. Arriving in the region hours later, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said “external factors” were behind the incident.
> KIEV (Reuters) - Massive explosions and a blaze at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine forced authorities to evacuate 24,000 people and close airspace over the region, officials said on Wednesday. The blasts occurred late on Tuesday at a military base near Kalynivka in the Vynnytsya region, 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Kiev, Ukrainian emergencies service said in a statement. One person was injured, it said. Arriving in the region hours later, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said “external factors” were behind the incident.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-explosions/thousands-evacuated-in-ukraine-as-ammunition-depot-explodes-idUSKCN1C20F1?il=0
[Additional video taken during the night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUO_TE3XYcs)
The PM did mention "external factors" (couldn't be Russians though, they've never fucked Ukraine before), so it could be an intentional camera placement.
The PM did mention "external factors" (couldn't be Russians though, they've never fucked Ukraine before), so it could be an intentional camera placement.
Fucking hell, almost like a mushroom cloud. You can sort of tell how big it is be the trees in the foreground.