Death toll after explosion at military plant in Urals city kills twelve, Russian news outlet reports


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  • Thursday, 23 Oct 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The death toll after an explosion at a military plant near the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Wednesday rose to twelve with five people injured, Russia's Izvestia news outlet reported on Thursday.

Aleksei Teksler, governor of the Chelyabinsk region, had previously announced that the incident had occurred in the city of Kopeisk, just to the east of Chelyabinsk.

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