These attacks on facilities related to supplying Ukraine are interesting, in that they’re happening in NATO countries. But it seems the western press is playing some of them down, making it seem unlikely they’re false flags. Though the one in Germany has the German government ramping up rhetoric for a war with Russia. Perhaps the West’s back channel Ukrainian rules of engagement with Russia have been violated, and Russia is taking their own action, especially with suffering a lot of attacks deep inside Russia? Is this perhaps a crack that could show a major escalation coming down the road?
https://southfront.press/blast-rips-through-another-bulgarian-ammo-plant-supplying-ukraine-video/
An explosion triggered a fire at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight into September 12, authorities and local media reported.
The fire broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada. No injuries were reported. Videos broadcast by local media showed flames and a large glow illuminating the night sky.
“At the moment, the fire is on the territory of the storage base of the factory. It is moving from warehouse to warehouse,” Gabrovo regional governor Kristina Sidorova told journalists in the early hours of Saturday.
Local media reported that the site is operated by EMCO, which is owned by arms dealer Emilian Gebrev. The company is a major supplier of Soviet-standard ammunition, including 122 mm and 152 mm artillery shells, rockets and mortar rounds, to Ukrainian forces.
Because domestic political friction in Bulgaria initially blocked direct military aid to Ukraine, EMCO funneled billions of dollars’ worth of ammunition to Kyiv’s forces through third-party NATO intermediaries in the U.S., Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic.
The incident follows an August 10 fire and series of explosions at another EMCO facility near the village of Belitsa in central Bulgaria. That incident caused no deaths or injuries, but destroyed a warehouse and prompted the evacuation of nearby residents. Bulgarian authorities said an initial assessment pointed more toward an internal cause than an external attack.
EMCO has been linked to a series of explosions and fires at weapons storage facilities in Bulgaria in recent years. Major blasts struck company warehouses in the town of Karnobat in July 2022 and June 2023.