The Uralmash heavy machine production facility in Yekaterinburg, Russia, is ablaze. It’s reported that the fire has engulfed an area of about 800 square meters.

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1. Yekater be kidding me!

2. Silly Russian smoke not using the smokestacks right next to it… /s

3. Impressive – those factories are located in the Urals because Stalin wanted them out of reach of the Germans. Whole complex of heavy machinery plants in that region, although I don’t know how much they’re producing for the Russian war effort.

4. According to updated information, the area of the fire at the Uralmashzavod plant has increased to 4000m², the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports.

   https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1774741201788235963

   Uralmashzavod is a machine-building enterprise in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is involved in Russian defense industry.

5. Not that big a fire considering the size of the place, but hopefully some major, hard to repair machinery gets damaged. Another dent in the russian war machine.

6. Wait Yekaterinburg isn’t anywhere near the front lines. The Central Committee under Stalin moved Soviet heavy industry way out there so that it would be untouchable by the Germans as they advanced. Yet against Ukraine, here it is ablaze.

   I am starting to get a sneaking suspicion that the Special Military Operation may not be going perfectly according to plan.

   Maybe someone should tell the Supreme Commander?

   …

   Not it.

7. Just another smoking accident…