At least seven people were injureds this Friday in the explosion that occurred in a St. Petersburg Military Academy, as reported by the press office of the local Military District.

The official source considers that the most probable cause of the explosion was the accidental detonation of ammunition dating back to World War II. The Russian military rules out that the damaged building was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, as the local press initially suggested.

According to the Baza channel, two of those injured in the explosion, which occurred in the north of the former tsarist capital, They are in serious condition. The fire services, police and emergency personnel, and several ambulances have arrived at the scene of the accident.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, there have been few occasions in which Ukrainian drones They have reached the second Russian city.