A series of explosions rocked Karnobat as ammunition depots caught fire in Bulgaria. The facility was owned by Bulgarian arms dealer Emilyan Kebrev, who said he had been supplying weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014.
According to local reports, a large fire again broke out in the warehouses in Karnobat. The fire was preceded by large explosions. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, but the facility was completely burned.
This is the second fire in a year at this warehouse, which Gebreff owns. The first fire was reported in July 2022. Kembref announced the possibility of a deliberate explosion or arson. The businessman himself blamed the employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia for the incident.
Explosion on the Crimean railway
Unknown persons organized and caused an explosion on a railway section in Crimea, which led to the derailment of the first carriage of a freight train from the railway tracks. The incident took place in the area of Petrovo - Vladislavovka.
According to initial reports, no one was injured in the explosion on the railway line. "Emergency services are currently actively working at the site, which arrived at the site for inspection and recovery work," Russian local authorities said.
"It was decided to launch an investigation into this event. A number of measures are already being taken to identify the persons involved in the commission of this crime," they added.
Possibly, the explosion was done to create chaos and disrupt rail communication. At present, the details of the incident are being investigated, while the cause and circumstances of the explosion are being investigated.
They attacked DPR with chemical munitions
Information has emerged that the Ukrainian military has reportedly struck Russian troop positions near the city of Solentar on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), using banned chemical munitions. Andrei Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), announced this on his Telegram channel, citing his own sources.
"Armed formations of Ukraine attacked with chemical munitions, according to our positions in the area of Solendar settlement. During the explosion, acrid smoke is released, which burns the skin and when inhaled, people lose consciousness," said Marochko.
Currently, according to him, specialists from the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Russian Federation are engaged in determining the type of poisonous substance, which was allegedly used by the armed formations of Ukraine during the strike.
At the same time, the leadership of the DPR and the Russian Ministry of Defense do not comment on Marochko's statement, citing some anonymous sources, which raised several doubts about the reliability of such information.
Meanwhile, Graham Allison, a well-known columnist for the authoritative American newspaper The Washington Post, reports that it will become almost impossible for Ukraine to continue the counterattack if its armed forces fail to turn the tide of hostilities in their favor in the coming years. weeks.
According to Allison, Ukraine needs a significant advantage in the coming weeks in order to move forward successfully. Otherwise, separate sections of the front line will be blocked and protracted positional battles will begin.
Allison emphasized that this statement is based on an analysis of the current military-political situation and the experience of many international conflicts. In such situations, as a rule, opponents seek to achieve a significant success, which becomes a decisive factor in subsequent negotiations.
An analysis of the last three weeks of the offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine shows that Kiev has not been able to register any success.