A series of unusual fires andexplosions have occurred in Russia since theinvasion of Ukraine in February 2022,[1][2] which have not been formally explained.[3] There have been many notablearson attacks on military recruitment offices in Russia since the beginning of the war,[4] and there has been speculation that some of the fires or explosions have been the result of sabotage efforts by Russian partisans[5] (such asSvoboda Rossii orAtesh partisan legion)[6] or Ukrainian saboteurs.[7]
A "yellow" (medium) terrorist threat level was introduced[8] inBryansk,Kursk, andBelgorod oblasts, as well as some districts ofVoronezh Oblast,Krasnodar Krai, and northernCrimea. Starting from the end of March, a series of incidents and explosions were reported in border regions of Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, and Voronezh Oblasts. Russian officials reportedmortar shelling,drone attacks, andhelicopter gunship attacks allegedly coming "fromthe Ukrainian side".[ru 1][9][10]
The Ukrainian side refused to confirm or deny involvement in incidents atstrategic locations.[11] There were allegations that some of the fires or explosions were the result of Ukrainiansabotage.[12][13]
In May, a series of incidents onrailway lines in Russia impeded the deployment of troops and military equipment to Ukraine; responsibility for these incidents was claimed by the Internet movement "Stop the Wagons"[ru 2] (a reference to theRussian anti-war slogan "Stop the War").[ru 3][14]
| Location | Date | Facility | Deaths | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kstovo | 22 March 2022 | Oil depot[15] | ||
| Belgorod | 1 April 2022 | Oil depot[11] | 1 | 50°35′29.8″N36°40′13.1″E / 50.591611°N 36.670306°E /50.591611; 36.670306 |
| Belgorod region | 12 April 2022 | Railway bridge[16] | ||
| Tver | 21 April 2022 | Central Research Institute of the Aerospace Defense Forces[17] | 7 | |
| Kineshma | 21 April 2022 | Chemical plant[18] | ||
| Korolyov, Moscow Oblast | 22 April 2022 | Industrial zone where many enterprises of the space and rocket industry are located[19] | ||
| Barvikha | 23 April 2022 | Governor's residence in Moscow Region[20] | ||
| Bryansk | 25 April 2022 | Fuel depot holding 5,000 tonnes of fuel.[21] 2nd Branch of Military Unit 55443–90.[22] | ||
| Ussuriysk | 25 April 2022 | Military air base[23] | ||
| Belgorod | 27 April 2022 | Ammunition depot[24] | ||
| Moscow | 28 April 2022 | Fires and explosions on Moscow's Kustanayskaya street[25] | ||
| Ilyinskoye | 30 April 2022 | GRES-2 power plant[26] | 52°1′26.3″N75°28′34.5″E / 52.023972°N 75.476250°E /52.023972; 75.476250 | |
| Perm | 1 May 2022 | FKP gunpowder plant[27] | ||
| Moscow | 3 May 2022 | "Warehouse of a pro-Kremlin publishing house".[28] | ||
| Nizhny Novgorod | 4 May 2022 | Industrial zone[29] | ||
| Nizhnevartovsk | 4 May 2022 | Military enlistment office[30] | ||
| Kursk | 5 May 2022 | Unknown[31] | ||
| Perm | 8 May 2022 | Aviation college[27] | ||
| Dubovoye,Belgorod Oblast | 11 May 2022 | Unknown[32] | ||
| Teysin,Amursky district | 12 May 2022 | Military installation[33] | ||
| Berdsk | 17 May 2022 | Chemical plant[34] | ||
| Zhukovsky | 21 May 2022 | Fire at the substation inTsAGI (aviation institute)[35] | ||
| Moscow | 24 May 2022 | Saint Peter and Paul Church[36][37] | ||
| Moscow | 3 June 2022 | Grand Setun Plaza Building, business center with Pension Fund of Russia offices[38] | ||
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 4 June 2022 | Rosgvardia (National Guard of the Russian Federation) building[39] | ||
| Sarov,Nizhny Novgorod | 8 June 2022 | Rosatom (Nuclear) Institute of Digital Technologies[40] | ||
| Sergiyev Posad | 8 June 2022 | Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant warehouse (optical, thermal & night-vision sighting systems)[41] | ||
| Vladivostok | 8 June 2022 | Military enlistment office[42] | ||
| Ust-Luga | 10 June 2022 | "Factor" timber terminal[43] owned by oligarch Ramis Deberdeyev | ||
| near Gulevka | 11 June 2022 | Druzhba pipeline[44] | ||
| Angarsk | 23 June 2022 | LPG station (liquefied petroleum gas station)[45] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 3 July 2022 | Residential skyscraper[46] | ||
| nearMoscow | 3 August 2022 | e-commerce warehouse[47] | 1 | |
| Volokolamsk | 12 September 2022 | Plastic chip depot warehouse[48] | ||
| Novokuznetsk | 26 September 2022 | Steel plant owned by Putin allyRoman Abramovich[49] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 9 October 2022 | Television and radio tower[50] | ||
| Belgorod | 11 October 2022 | Electricity substation[51] | ||
| Ryazan | 21 October 2022 | Gunpowder factory[52] | 16 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 26 October 2022 | Warehouse[53] | 0 | |
| Stalnoi Kon | 16 November 2022 | Oil depot[54] | 0 | |
| nearSaint Petersburg | 19 November 2022 | Gas pipeline[55] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 21 November 2022 | Warehouse near three railway stations[56] | 5 | |
| Angarsk | 27 November 2022 | Angarsk Petrochemical Plant (largest oil refinery in Russia)[57] | 0 | |
| Surazh | 29 November 2022 | Oil storage tank[58] | 0 | |
| Perm | 30 November 2022 | Thermal Power Plant #9 (roof of the turbine room)[59] | 0 | |
| Khimki | 9 December 2022 | MEGA Khimki Shopping Centre, explosion and fire covering 18,000 square metres (190,000 sq ft)[60][61] | 1[60] | 55°54′40.1″N37°23′47.1″E / 55.911139°N 37.396417°E /55.911139; 37.396417 |
| Barnaul | 9 December 2022 | Tyre manufacturing plant[62] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 10 December 2022 | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts[63] | 0 | 55°44′48.4″N37°36′11.5″E / 55.746778°N 37.603194°E /55.746778; 37.603194 |
| Balashikha | 12 December 2022 | Shopping center[64] | 0 | 55°43′31″N37°59′14″E / 55.72528°N 37.98722°E /55.72528; 37.98722 |
| Nizhnekamsk | 12 December 2022 | Synthetic rubber factory[65] | 0 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 13 December 2022 | Machine-building plant[66] | 0 | |
| Angarsk | 15 December 2022 | Angarsk Petrochemical Plant[67] | 2 | |
| Vladivostok | 17 December 2022 | Confectionery factory warehouse[68] | 0 | |
| Snezhinsk | 18 December 2022 | Shopping center[69] | 0 | |
| Verkhnemarkovo,Irkutsk Oblast | 18 December 2022 | Oil and gas condensate field[70] | 0 | 57°20′14″N107°03′09″E / 57.33722°N 107.05250°E /57.33722; 107.05250 |
| Kalinino, Chuvashia | 20 December 2022 | Gas pipeline[71] | 3 | |
| Kurgan | 20 December 2022 | Kamaz auto service center[72] | 0 | |
| Murmansk | 22 December 2022 | Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier[73] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 23 December 2022 | Military base[74] | 0 | |
| Murmansk | 24 December 2022 | Supply base[75] | 0 | |
| Novosibirsk | 26 December 2022 | Warehouse[76] | ||
| Saint Petersburg | 29 December 2022 | Warehouse[77][78] | 0 | |
| Kronstadt | 30 December 2022 | Oil tanker[79] | 0 | |
| Rostov Nuclear Power Plant | 31 December 2022 | Transformer substation[citation needed] | 1 |
| Location | Date | Facility | Deaths | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novy Oskol | 3 January 2023 | Military facility[80] | ||
| Saint Petersburg | 5 January 2023 | Agricultural machinery plant[81] | 2 | |
| Moscow | 6 January 2023 | Foreign Ministry[82] | 0 | |
| Barnaul | 8 January 2023 | Shopping center[83] | 0 | |
| Bratsk | 9 January 2023 | Military enlistment office[84][85] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 10 January 2023 | Auto service[86] | 0 | |
| Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Oblast | 10 January 2023 | Sosnovaya Liniya timber mill[87] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 11 January 2023 | Construction site[88] | 0 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 12 January 2023 | Warehouse[89] | 0 | |
| Manzherok,Altai Republic | 17 January 2023 | Hotel[90] | 0 | |
| Angarsk | 21 January 2023 | Oil depot[91] | ||
| Kirov | 25 January 2023 | Church[92] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 28 January 2023 | Warehouse[93] | ||
| Kstovo | 7 February 2023 | Oil refinery[94] | 0 | |
| Novoshakhtinsk | 8 February 2023 | Oil refinery[95] | 0 | |
| Yeremeytsevo,Yaroslavl Oblast | 13 February 2023 | Pipeline[96] | 0 | |
| Krasnoyarsk | 13 February 2023 | Warehouse[97] | 0 | |
| Yangiskain,Bashkortostan | 13 February 2023 | Livestock complex[98] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 14 February 2023 | Car service station[99] | 0 | |
| Kazan | 14 February 2023 | Rubber warehouse[100] | ||
| Kolomna | 14 February 2023 | Warehouse[101] | ||
| Magadan | 17 February 2023 | Truck warehouse[102] | ||
| Ufa | 17 February 2023 | Chemical plant[103] | 0 | |
| Krasnoyarsk | 22 February 2023 | Warehouse[104] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 26 February 2023 | Textile plant[105] | 0 | |
| Tuapse | 28 February 2023 | Oil terminal[106] | 0 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 1 March 2023 | Warehouse[107] | 0 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 2 March 2023 | Textile warehouse and office complex[108] | 1 | |
| Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast | 5 March 2023 | Coke and gas works[109] | ||
| Moscow | 7 March 2023 | Interior Ministry building[110] | ||
| Kolyubakino, Moscow Oblast | 11 March 2023 | Plastic production facility[111] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 11 March 2023 | Spas TV office building[112] | 0 | |
| Odintsovo | 13 March 2023 | Warehouse[citation needed] | 0 | |
| Rostov-on-Don | 16 March 2023 | FSB building[113] | 1 | |
| Dolgoprudny | 18 March 2023 | Chemical plant[114] | 0 | |
| Yaroslavl | 23 March 2023 | Yaroslavl Motor Plant[115] | 0 | |
| Aramil,Sverdlovsk Oblast | 24 March 2023 | Research-and-production enterprise[116] | 0 | |
| Aksay, Rostov Oblast | 25 March 2023 | Warehouse[117] | 0 | |
| Pelym, Sverdlovsk Oblast | 30 March 2023 | Gas pipeline[118] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 5 April 2023 | Defense ministry[119] | 0 | |
| Voronezh | 7 April 2023 | Aircraft plant[120] | 0 | |
| Nakhabino, Moscow Oblast | 10 April 2023 | Auto parts warehouse[121][122] | 0 | |
| Kazan | 16 April 2023 | Tank training ground[123] | 0 | |
| Stavropol | 4 May 2023 | Concrete production plant[124] | 0 | |
| Moscow | 4 May 2023 | Administrative building[125] | 0 | |
| Odintsovo | 30 May 2023 | Paper warehouse[126] | 3 | |
| Novocherkasskaya, Rostov Oblast | 14 June 2023 | Power station[127] | 0 | |
| Voronezh | 24 June 2023 | Fuel depot[128] | 0 | |
| Sergiyev Posad | 9 August 2023 | Optics plant[note 1][129] | 2 | |
| Makhachkala,Dagestan | 14 August 2023 | Fuel station[131][132] | 35 | |
| St. Petersburg | 3 September 2023 | Ruchi oil depot[133] | ||
| Krasnoyarsk | 4 October | Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter[134] | ||
| Moscow | 26 October 2023 | Thermoelectric Power Plant[135] | ||
| Chelyabinsk | 26 November 2023 | Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant[136] |

| Location | Date | Facility | Deaths | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| near St Petersburg | 21 January 2024 | Gas terminal[137] | ||
| Belgorod | 15 February 2024 | Shopping center[138] | 4-6 | |
| Vysotsk | 18 May 2024 | LNG terminal[139] | 60°37′N28°34′E / 60.61°N 28.56°E /60.61; 28.56 | |
| Vyborg | 19 May 2024 | Oil depot[140] | 60°43′N28°44′E / 60.71°N 28.74°E /60.71; 28.74 | |
| Moscow[141] | 14 June 2024 | Sukhoi Design Bureau | ||
| Fryazino, Moscow Oblast | 24 June 2024 | Platan Research Institute[142] | 8 | |
| Makhachkala, Dagestan | 27 September 2024 | Gas station[143] | 13 |
| Location | Date | Facility | Deaths | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kopeysk,Chelyabinsk Oblast | 22 October 2025 | 2025 Plastmass Factory explosion | 23 | 55°07′29″N61°34′03″E / 55.124765°N 61.5675°E /55.124765; 61.5675 |
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