The KNDS-owned facility in Colleferro reportedly produced 155mm artillery shells supplied to Kiev.
A powerful explosion has ripped through a weapons factory in Italy owned by Franco-German defense group KNDS, a major arms supplier to the Ukrainian military.
No casualties were reported in the blast, which occurred near the town of Colleferro, about 45 km southeast of Rome, on Thursday.
NOW – Massive explosion tears through an ammunition plant near Rome owned by Franco-German defense giant KNDS, a major supplier of weapons systems and munitions to Ukraine.pic.twitter.com/v9pBj26Zsz
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Mayor Giulio Calamita told reporters that the community of roughly 50,000 people, which has longstanding ties to the factory, narrowly avoided a tragedy because many employees were away for the summer holidays. Twenty-four workers were inside the building at the time of the explosion and all were reported safe, according to the RAI news agency.
Footage circulating online shows flames rising behind a group of buildings before a powerful blast sends burning debris into the air.
#Roma, incendio ed esplosione nel deposito di un’azienda a Colleferro: 10 squadre #vigilidelfuoco in azione per operazioni di spegnimento delle fiamme, che si sono propagate anche alla vicina vegetazione. Elicottero Drago in ricognizione sulla zona [#13agosto 17:30] pic.twitter.com/hCc1JFBNug
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Lots of money being made by Ukraine and its European associates in this co-called war.
Lots of stocks and shares owned by the so called governing classes in Europe. Even little old New Zealand, in a different hemisphere, sends Ukraine money. Why is that? Half our population can’t afford to put decent food on the table but we send money to warmongers to keep their profits up.
Meanwhile, there are villages in Ukraine which no longer have any men of conscription age because they are all dead. Ukraine is running out of Ukrainian men to kill so the so called governing classes in Europe have all agreed that sending Ukrainians back to Ukraine is a good idea to refresh the lines of conscripts and keep the money coming in.
Ukrainian people are real refugees but are not permitted refugee status which is reserved for men of fighting age from Africa, the Middle East and Asia where there are no wars.
Good on whoever blew up this factory.