Big explosion in Putin's hometown! Sabotage or Accident?

In the war that started with the ground operation of the Russian army on February 24, the tension still did not decrease even after about 10 months. The Russians, who did not give up on Ukraine, gave countless casualties for this cause. The Kyiv army, on the other hand, managed to take many of its cities from the invading troops in this process.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s war strategies brought Europe and the US government together to support Ukraine. After this merger, things started to go completely wrong in Russia. Putin’s decision to mobilize caused chaos and civil war in Russia. In addition, during this period, the balances in the Moscow administration were turned upside down due to the Ukraine war. Negative events were happening every day in Putin’s country. Russian locals woke up every morning with bad news. Despite all these negativities, Russian leader Vladimir Putin did not give up his occupation of Ukraine.
The stop of the last striking bad incident in Russia is Vladimir Putin’s hometown, St. Petersburg happened.
Russia’s St. A massive explosion occurred at the natural gas pipeline near the city of St. Petersburg. After the events in the energy bank, the blow up of this natural gas pipeline also aroused a lot of repercussions on the agenda. It is still unknown how the explosion happened, whether it was a normal accidental fire or an attack. In the videos published on social media about the incident, the size of the explosion and fire can be understood much more clearly.
After this striking explosion, dense clouds of smoke were seen rising from the Leningrad area of the city. Since the authorities have not yet made a statement about the fire, local people and Twitter users reacted to the images about the incident. In the civil part of the city, flames still continue to rise from the pipelines between many residences.
Leningrad Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said that, “Firefighters and rescuers are putting out the fire caused by the explosion in the natural gas pipeline between Berngardovka and Kovalevo”.
About 22 kilometers east of St Petersburg, Russia ‘s second largest city and Putin’s hometown, the explosion is believed to have hit the main gas pipeline of Gazprom Transgaz SPB, potentially affecting up to a million people.
Ambulances and emergency vehicles flocked to the scene after the explosion. It was understood that investigators and forensic experts came to the scene to determine the cause of the explosion. Eyewitnesses reported that the explosion was very violent and that there could be loss of life. However, the big blast did not hit any areas close to residential areas and according to initial reports from Russia, no casualties have been reported yet.
A Swedish prosecutor, on the other hand, stated that sabotage was behind the explosions on the Nord Stream pipeline on September 26, while the prosecutor also pointed out that this explosion may have been caused by people sympathetic to the plight of Ukraine.
Russia’s defense ministry announced last month that British Royal Navy personnel had blown up pipelines. The fact that such an explosion occurred after this announcement increased the question marks in the minds about the event.
Russia At the site of the explosion in St. Petersburg, local electricity supplies switched to the use of oil to keep domestic heating in the area. The explosion occurred at a time when the temperature was around minus 5 degrees Celsius. For this reason, disruptions began at the Severnaya Thermal Power Plant, which heated hundreds of thousands of homes.
The facility where the explosion took place, St. It supplies electrical and thermal energy to factories, settlements and public buildings north of the Vyborgsky and Kalininsky districts of St. Petersburg, as well as the settlements of Novoe Devyatkino and Murino, and the Vsevolozhsky district. In total, more than 800,000 people receive heat from the Severnaya plant. Also, Russian energy officials are looking for alternative sources at the power plant near Putin’s hometown of St Petersburg. The affected area has pipelines providing supplies to Europe that run through Leningrad and its surroundings during normal times. However, Russia had limited gas supplies due to the war in Ukraine. For this reason, authorities looking for a new alternative need to hurry for the people of the region.
Following this incident, Danish authorities announced that traces of explosives were found at the facilities while investigating four holes in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea.
Denmark last month said a preliminary investigation indicated that the leaks were caused by powerful explosions.