This is the dramatic moment a military base in Russia went up in flames.
The raging fire lit by “saboteurs” destroyed the notorious Wagner’s Army military base in Molkino, in the Krasnodar region.
Footage shows flames burning the former base of the ruthless mercenary Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The blaze gutted several administrative buildings, with local media gulagu.net, suggesting it was an arson attack.
They said: “Someone found it important to destroy any traces and evidence of the activities of this criminal organisation [Wagner], financed by the Kremlin.”
Early reports indicated an attack by kamikaze drone, and some blamed Ukraine.
However, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Thirteenth said its sources indicated this was “sabotage”.
The channel said: “Documentation, forms, personal files, communication equipment worth hundreds of millions was burned.”
The military base was vacated by Wagner last year and has since been occupied by Putin’s Africa Corps, a military force run by the Russian defence ministry.
The corps is intended to protect Russian military and economic interests in African countries.
Mercenary leader Prigozhin was killed when his business jet exploded in the sky near Moscow in a suspected assassination by the Kremlin.
The warlord provided tens of thousands of troops to the Russian army until he led a failed coup against Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, whom he was once close to.
Despite the mercenary group leader’s death, a desperate Vlad has previously turned to the ruthless group to help bolster Russia’s failing forces.
The military base blaze is the latest setback facing the Russian army, after a Ukraine drones blasted a massive Russian ammo dump – causing an apocalyptic explosion.
Mushroom clouds and igniting shells lit up the night sky at the facility in Krasnodar region after the pinpoint strike by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
The site is alleged to house a giant stock of North Korean missiles and weapons sent by Putin ally Kim Jong Un inside.
When the drones blasted the ammo a dramatic mushroom cloud filled the air and sparked huge secondary detonations in Tikhoretsk.
But Ukraine also hit a new ammunition silo complex at Toropets in Tver region.
The separate blast is rumoured to have taken place at a secret Putin facility where he keeps his prized nuclear weapon – the “Satan-2” rocket.
Ukrainian soldiers in the war-torn Donestk region have also released dramatic footage of a battle against Putin’s troops.
Incredible footage shows the relentless battle on the streets of Toretsk.
The two-minute video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows Ukrainian units of the Lyut Assault Brigade at work as they wipe out enemy troops.
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