By Nathan Hodge and Olga Pavlova, CNN
Moscow (CNN)Residents of a Russian village near the site of a suspected explosion of a nuclear-powered missile have been told to evacuate, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported, citing a local official. Villagers were asked to leave Nyonoksa on Wednesday morning due to planned military activities, RIA reported Tuesday, citing Ksenia Yudina, head of the press service of the Severodvinsk administration. Local news portal tv29.ru reported that Nyonoksa would be evacuated by train between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Wednesday. The settlement is approximately 30 miles from the port city of Severodvinsk.
A local correspondent for the independent investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta said military officials told residents the evacuation of Nyonoksa was not connected to Thursday’s explosion, which claimed the lives of five Russian nuclear specialists.Earlier Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to confirm widespread international speculation that the accident involved a nuclear-powered cruise missile known as the Burevestnik or Skyfall.”Accidents, unfortunately, happen. They are tragedies. But in this particular case, it is important for us to remember those heroes who lost their lives in this accident,” he told reporters on a conference call.
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“military officials told residents the evacuation of Nyonoksa was not connected to Thursday’s explosion”
Of course not, the Kremlin decided to send them all on a free vacation. Let’s wait for stories about two headed pigs in the news next year.
You must be a Russian to believe this joke of a comment by Peskov.
Let’s see how much time it takes until they evacuate St. Peterburg. Moscow keeps fucking with everybody, in particular russians…
Evacuated due to planned military activities. Who the fuck do they think is stupid enough to believe that load of shite!
Russian public.
130 million Russians……………………
I called it. This is a much bigger fackup than the Ivans are admitting to. 33 years after Chornobyl and they are still trying to sweep the dust under the doormat. Eventually the dust becomes a lump that stops the door from opening.
You really didn’t expect the truth to come out, did you?
Recently bought a danish-russian dictionary… the word ‘truth’ was missing…
I hope the wind blows to moscow from there for a change , These fools know we can detect their fukups .