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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Ryan Fahey

'Drone' blast near Moscow may have been sent to destroy Russian missile plant

A major explosion southeast of Moscow may have been caused by an incoming Ukraine drone targeting a key Russian hypersonic missile plant, it is suspected.

The “aerial blast” in Kolomna, if confirmed, will cause further alarm over failing Vladimir Putin’s defences.

"The explosion occurred in the air. With a high degree of probability, it was a drone,” said a law enforcement source in the city, just 70 miles from Moscow.

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