- An unintentional detonation of ordnance from World War II had resulted in an explosion at the Signal Corps’ Budyonny Military Academy.
- The event happened as personnel were checking underground sections at the academy in the second-largest city in Russia.
- St. Petersburg is roughly 700 kilometers northwest of Moscow and is home to about 5.4 million people.
The unintentional detonation of ordnance from World War II resulted in an explosion at the Budyonny Military Academy in St. Petersburg, according to reports from Russia’s military, injuring seven personnel.
The Interfax news agency reported that the incident happened while personnel were checking underground regions.
St. Petersburg
Russia’s military said on May 17 that an unintentional detonation of ordnance from World War II had resulted in an explosion at the Signal Corps’ Budyonny Military Academy in St. Petersburg, injuring seven personnel.
The event happened as personnel were checking underground sections at the academy in the second-largest city in Russia, according to the Interfax news agency, which cited information from the Leningrad military district.
Alexander Beglov, the governor of St. Petersburg, declared that there was no connection between the explosion and terrorism. It took some time for the injured from the academy blast to receive word on their conditions. Soldiers in the army’s signal corps receive training at the academy. St. Petersburg is roughly 700 kilometers (435 miles) northwest of Moscow and is home to about 5.4 million people.
