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Old 2nd May 2023, 08:24
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
One report on Twitter says below, how accurate that is however bearing in mind Ukraine would want to put a good PR out about it.
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For what it's worth, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was the home of Pivdenmash (formerly Yuzhmash) which is a space/rocket design bureau and factory and IIRC it's the home of the Ukrainian part of the UK small launch rocket company Skyrora. Anyhow it's obviously consistent with the explanation that old rockets and fuel might be somewhere there. If it's a cover up it is convenient for Ukraine that it should have happened there.

Pivdenmash operated initially as "plant 586" in the Soviet Union. In 1954, Soviet aviation engineer Mikhail Yangel established the autonomous design bureau designated OKB-586, from the former chief designer's division of plant 586.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA_Pivdenmash
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