Blasts at a pair of air bases deep inside Russia killed at least three people and wounded six others, Russian authorities said
Jared MalsinExplosions at a pair of air bases deep inside Russia killed at least three people and wounded six others on Monday, Russian authorities said, while Ukrainian officials hinted at a capability to strike deeperA fuel tanker exploded at an airfield in Ryazan, southwest of Moscow, killing at least three people, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian state-run news agency. The report didn’t say what caused the explosion.
Ukrainian officials made only oblique references to the explosions, as they have with past strikes inside Russia. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosions. Ukraine hasn’t formally acknowledged past strikes inside Russia’s borders, choosing to maintain a cloud of ambiguity around such attacks.. If Ukraine was behind Monday’s explosions, it would suggest an expanded capability to hit military targets deep inside Russia. The two explosions occurred more than 300 miles from Russia’s border with Ukraine.
linking Russia to Crimea in October, showing how Ukraine can strike targets with symbolic and strategic importance to the Kremlin. A separate attack hit industrial infrastructure in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the area’s governor said in a post on the Telegram messaging service. No one was hurt in the attack, the governor said.yevhen titov/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
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