The 2022 Russian mystery fires are a series of unusual fires and
explosion
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s that have occurred since the
invasion of Ukraine
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, which have not been formally explained. There have been many notable
arson attacks on military recruitment offices in Russia since the beginning of the war, and there has been speculation that some of the fires or explosions have been the result of sabotage efforts by Ukraine.
Overview
A "yellow" (medium) terrorist threat level was introduced in
Bryansk
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The location of the settlement was originally ass ...
,
Kursk
Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...
, and
Belgorod Oblasts, as well as some districts of
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census.
Geography
V ...
,
Krasnodar Krai
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, and northern
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
. Starting from the end of March, a series of incidents and explosions were reported in border regions of Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, and Voronezh Oblasts. Russian officials reported
mortar shelling,
drone attacks, and
helicopter gunship attacks allegedly coming "from
the Ukrainian side".
The Ukrainian side refused to confirm or deny involvement in incidents at strategic locations.
There were allegations that some of the fires or explosions were the result of Ukrainian
sabotage
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.
In May, a series of incidents on
railway lines in Russia
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impeded the deployment of troops and military equipment to Ukraine; responsibility for these incidents was claimed by the Internet movement "
Stop the Wagons"
(a reference to the
Russian anti-war slogan "Stop the War").
List of fires
See also
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2022 Western Russia attacks
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February 2022 Verhunka explosion
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2022 Russian businessmen mystery deaths
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2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
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2022 Siberian wildfires
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2022 Russian military commissariats attacks
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Original Russian terms
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