17 Dead in Russian Military Research Facility Fire Last Week
Firefighters hose down the burning building of the Central Research Institute of the Aerospace Defense Forces in the Russian city of Tver, Russia, on April 21, 2022. Vitaliy Smolnikov/Kommersant Publishing House via AP
MOSCOW—At least 17 people have died in last week’s fire at a Russian military research facility, authorities said Monday.
The regional government in Tver, a city about 180 kilometers (112 miles) northwest of Moscow, said that so far only five of the victims had been identified.
