{"id":143870,"date":"2023-12-01T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=143870"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:31:29","slug":"12-russians-blow-themselves-up-cooking-on-a-fire-next-to-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/12-russians-blow-themselves-up-cooking-on-a-fire-next-to-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Russians blow themselves up cooking on a fire next to ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russia lost a dozen elite marines when they cooked food on an open fire and triggered an explosion from nearby live ammunition.<\/p>\n
Eight more were wounded in the incident that Vladimir Putin’s regime has sought to cover-up.<\/p>\n
Reports say a RPG-7 grenade launcher shell caught fire and exploded at Kuzminsky military training ground in Rostov region, bordering Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Eight of the marines from 155th Separate Guards Marine Brigade, based in Vladivostok, were killed on the spot.<\/p>\n
Four more died in hospital, said the News 166 outlet in Rostov, which said the humiliating tragedy had been confirmed by three independent sources.<\/p>\n
‘About 20 people from [the marine brigade] lit a fire next to stocks of ammunition during their lunch break. An RPG-7 grenade launcher shell rolled into the fire and exploded,’ 161.ru quoted one government source as saying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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An explosion at Kuzminsky training ground in Rostov region, where 12 elite Russian Marines were killed and eight wounded when they cooked on a fire which ignited a nearby ammo depot<\/p>\n
The troops were believed to be due for deployment to Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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All of those killed were said to have been marines from the Primorye region of Russia.<\/p>\n
marines from the Primorye region of Russia.<\/p>\n
The dead and wounded from the lunchtime cookout have not been named.<\/p>\n
A major criminal case has been launched into a suspected breach of safety regulations.<\/p>\n
The commander of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Viktor Liina, 55, Pacific fleet commander, has visited the training base to read the riot act over the blunder, it was reported.<\/p>\n
Neither the Russian defence ministry nor the Investigative Committee has commented on the fiasco.<\/p>\n
A serviceman who witnessed the horror revealed details but it has taken since it occurred on 3 November to verify the details.<\/p>\n
MailOnline was unable to verify the details of the Russian reports.<\/p>\n
In February, Russian soldiers in Kursk, which also borders Ukraine, were reported to have been killed in an explosion triggered by the men using a cooking stove.<\/p>\n
The soldiers poured gasoline onto an open fire, causing an explosion, Russian Telegram channel Baza reported.<\/p>\n
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Elite Russian troops from the 155th Separate Guards Marine Brigade, located at Vladivostok<\/p>\n
In January, a Russian sergeant killed three and injured 16 after accidentally detonating a grenade in his dorm at an ammo storage unit, also causing a large explosion.<\/p>\n
A source in the local emergency services said: ‘The preliminary cause of the explosion is careless handling of ammunition.’<\/p>\n
Emergency services told Interfax that a sergeant unintentionally detonated an RGD-5 anti-personnel grenade in the building’s sleeping quarters, next to the weapons storage room, causing an explosion and fire that grew to 4,843 square feet (450 square metres).<\/p>\n