Massive explosions in a number of cities in Belarus (false flag ops by Putin?)

[zuul]

Hanna Liubakova @HannaLiubakova

Massive explosions in a number of cities in #Belarus. Residents of Baranavichy, Luninets, Stolin, Hantsavichy, Slutsk, Kletsk and other cities reported sounds similar to explosions. We are trying to understand what happened.

3:33 PM · Mar 16, 2022

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[hatrack]

1. Missile launches?

[Leghorn21]

2. Oh crap

23:08 -23:11 (Minsk time)
Two explosions were heard in Baranavichy (Brest region). Reported by several sources. Possibly near Zhlobinskaye lake or Palesski station.
• 23:10. A sound of a bang in Kletsk (Minsk region)

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[haele]

7. I read through the thread. Probably Sonic Booms.

All these areas reporting start from the primary military airfield the Russians are using, or within the flight corridor on the way to Kyiv/other Western Ukrainian bases. There were reports of a lot of air traffic at the same time, so my guess is planes on their way to a formation location going supersonic.

Here in San Diego, we get loud mystery "booms" that rattle windows and shake high-rises when an air wing is heading out to the firing or practice ranges from Miramar or a carrier off the coast every once in a while; more often when there's an exercise scheduled.

Haele

[lapfog_1]

8. I can't imagine what would make the pilots go supersonic

it burns a lot of fuel.

The only reason is to give the excuse to Belarus to enter the war.

[haele]

9. The explosion noise was reported. No apparent damage.

Another theory is that Belarusian opposition was bombing rail lines to interrupt the supply lines.
Russians tend to transport everything by rail to the staging areas. Take out rail lines to the air bases, they don't get fuel, munitions, or parts resupplied.

Haele

[2naSalit]

10. That's what I'm hoping.

[Phoenix61]

3. Revenge for refusing to help Putin. nt

[Tetrachloride]

4. It's 10:58 pm. Explosions ? no photo? the lights should be visible

false flag imho

The light, fire, smoke whatever should be visible

[Igel]

5. That's weird.

They're all in a smallish area (maybe triangle with sides 50 x 45 x 65 miles long) north of a part of Ukr that hasn't been invaded (yet), Stolin being maybe 5 miles from the border.

Could be false flag. Could just be troops not wanting to head down the highway to their death. Not that it matters--if troops are sabotaging their own equipment, it'll be billed as something that the Azov Battalion managed to do from Mariupol.

Could just be nervous people reporting things that are loud but nothing more than target practice or cars backfiring.