Explosions have taken place at a Russian ammunition depot east of Moscow, the country's defence ministry has said. The blasts occurred in an ammunition warehouse at a defence facility in the western Vladimir region on Tuesday. The site is believed to be a key ammunition storage site for the Russian army.

On Tuesday, April 22, near the village of Barsovo in the Vladimir Oblast, just a few dozen kilometres outside of Moscow, a powerful explosion occurred. This location houses one of the largest ammunition depots of the Russian Ministry of Defence: the 51st Arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU).