{"id":1430,"date":"2014-11-11T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2014-11-11T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T15:21:03","slug":"massive-explosion-reported-off-ukraine-coast-near-contested-mariupol-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"Massive Explosion Reported Off Ukraine Coast Near Contested Mariupol | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Massive Explosion Reported Off Ukraine Coast Near Contested Mariupol | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moments ago, according to local press, the simmering east Ukraine conflict just escalated substantially following what are reports of a massive explosion off the Ukraine coast near heavily contested Mariupol – the key city which stands in Russia’s way to make a land bridge from Russian territory to the recently “Russianized” Crimea.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0Interpretermag reports<\/a>, citing Mariupol news site\u00a00629.com.ua,\u00a0<\/a>there has been a powerful explosion in the Azov sea, south of the city.<\/p>\n

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Residents of the Primorsky and Zhovtnevy districts told the site that the explosion occurred at around 12:00 (10:00 GMT), shaking windows in their homes.<\/p>\n

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Dmitry Gorbunov, a press officer for the ATO headquarters in Mariupol, told 0629 that the blast had occurred beyond the 20-mile zone off the Ukrainian coast, in territory controlled by the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

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There are no reported casualties amongst the Ukrainian navy or border guards. An investigation is under way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Indicatively the explosion took place in the area highlighed, appropriately enough, by the mushroom cloud.<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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