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ONE of Vladimir Putin’s war planes accidentally dropped a bomb on a Russian city tonight – blowing a massive 65ft crater in the street.
Residents said they heard a whistling noise before a blast erupted beside a block of flats in Belgorod, only 25 miles from the border with Ukraine.
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defence said: “As a Sukhoi Su-34 air force plane was flying over the city of Belgorod there was an accidental discharge of aviation ammunition.”
The ammunition, onboard a fighter jet, was most likely intended for neighbouring Kharkiv, which had been under air alert all night.
Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov said: “An explosion took place. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.”
Two citizens were taken to hospital with minor injuries, but no deaths have been reported.
The force of the explosion was so great that a car was launched onto the roof of a nearby grocery store.
Gladkov said that the blast had sent a massive wave that shattered windows in an apartment building, damaged several cars and downed power line poles.
Photos revealed damage to nearby apartments and cars, with windows shattered from the boom.
Demidov said that residents of the buildings damaged in the blast could be moved to hotels.
In January, Gladkov told Putin that 25 people had been killed and more than 90 injured in the region since the start of the offensive.
The Su-34 – which spent decades in development – is hailed by Russia for its allegedly advanced technology.
But the air force faced ridicule when it emerged pilots rely on shop-bought Garmin satnavs taped to the dashboard to find their way.
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