{"id":260306,"date":"2022-10-24T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=260306"},"modified":"2022-10-26T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:42:38","slug":"major-explosion-kills-three-at-gunpowder-factory-working-24-7-to-make-rocket-launchers-and-air-defence-systems-for-war-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=260306","title":{"rendered":"Major explosion kills three at gunpowder factory working 24\/7 to make rocket launchers and air defence systems for war on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Perm Gunpowder Plant was set ablaze by a set of strikes in Russia on Thursday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two people were burned alive while there are fears more could be dead<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The factory makes engine charges for aircraft missiles and booster systems<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tom Scotson \u2013 Mail Online Oct 23, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A major explosion killed three people at a gunpowder factor working 24\/7 to make rocket launchers and air defence systems for the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/russia-ukraine-conflict\/index.html\"><strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perm Gunpowder Plant, which produces\u00a0Grad and Smerch weaponry for Russian troops, reportedly went up in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed a plume of smoke rising in the distance, with some witnesses claiming to have seen the explosion at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those who were killed were allegedly burned alive while more are feared dead and could be buried under the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>The building also makes\u00a0engine charges for aircraft missiles, booster systems for cruise missiles and products for the A-135 missile defence system.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggested there was an explosion and fire on Saturday around 8pm in the large plant sector 12.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion come amid suspicion of sabotage linked to a series of explosions\u00a0fires at key Russian sites during the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Investigative Committee &#8211; seen as similar to the FBI in Russia &#8211; is conducting a probe into the Saturday blast, say reports.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the Perm munitions plant announced it had recruited 350 extra staff to boost Putin&#8217;s war effort.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XktfN7FFl14\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11345515\/Major-explosion-kills-three-gunpowder-factory-Russia.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The explosion come amid suspicion of sabotage linked to a series of explosions and fires at key Russian weapons facilities during the war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":260308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260307,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260306\/revisions\/260307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}