Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city, injures 3

Russian warplane accidentally bombs own city, injures 3

NY POST

A Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, causing a massive blast that injured three people and lifted a car onto the roof of a store.

The incident involving a Sukhoi-34 supersonic plane took place late Thursday, causing an explosion and leaving a huge crater near the center of Belgorod, located just 25 miles from the Ukrainian border.

Video from the scene showed piles of detritus littering the street, multiple mangled cars and a building with shattered windows.

The footage also showed a car resting upside down on the roof of a supermarket along a major thoroughfare called Prospekt Vatutina.

Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced a state of emergency overnight and confirmed that there was a crater measuring 65 feet across on one of the city’s main streets.

Three residents had been injured in the blast, and four cars and four apartment buildings sustained damage, he added…

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