Ukraine War: Explosion at Russian military air base Borisoglebsk

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Fireball over military airfield: Reports of Ukrainian attack

The USA wants to get hold of Russian assets frozen by the EU. There was an attack on a Starlink facility in Bulgaria. All developments in the news blog.

The Ukraine is said to have attacked a Russian military air base in the Voronezh region with rockets on Thursday night. This is reported by the Ukrainian newspaper “Ukrainskaya Pravda”, citing military observers. Accordingly, there was at least one violent explosion and a large fire at Borisoglebsk airfield. Videos on social networks show a huge fireball.

Among other things, Russian Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets and bombers are used at the military airfield. Uses these aircraft Russia also for attacks with guided aerial bombs on Ukraine. There are also reportedly ammunition and fuel storage facilities there.

The governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, had previously warned of rocket attacks. Whether the airfield was actually hit and what damage was caused has not yet been independently confirmed.

The USA have proposed that European states release some of the Russian state assets blocked after Moscow’s attack on Ukraine and invest them in a… Washington supervised instrument transferred. This was intended to revive peace talks, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

European delegates rejected the plan, which was put forward by US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerthe son-in-law of the US President Donald Trumphad been submitted. The Reuters news agency was initially unable to independently verify the report.

Fire broke out after an explosion on a merchant ship in Romanian waters near the border with Ukraine. It is still unclear whether a hit by a drone was the cause, Defense Minister Radu Miruta told the Romanian broadcaster “Digi24”. The Romanian air defense did not register any drones on their radar that were moving towards this ship. The ship is now heading to the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta, where an investigation to determine the cause of the fire is planned.

As several Romanian media reported, the crew of the unloaded ship “Yara J” flying the flag of the Comoros island made an emergency call about 10 nautical miles southeast of the port city of Sulina at the mouth of the Danube. As Minister Miruta confirmed, the crew managed to put out the fire themselves before the Romanian sea rescuers arrived. None of the 17 sailors – Syrians, Indians and Iranians – were injured.