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7 Dead, 9 Missing in Russian Gunpowder Factory Blast

File Photo - Smoke rising from the site of blasts at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk. (Reuters)
File Photo - Smoke rising from the site of blasts at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk. (Reuters)
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7 Dead, 9 Missing in Russian Gunpowder Factory Blast

File Photo - Smoke rising from the site of blasts at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk. (Reuters)
File Photo - Smoke rising from the site of blasts at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk. (Reuters)

An explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory in Russia on Friday killed at least seven people, while nine remain missing, emergency officials said.

The Emergency Situations Ministry said the explosion hit the Elastik factory in the Ryazan region, about 270 kilometers (about 167 miles) southeast of Moscow.

Russian news reports said that all those missing are believed dead. One person was hospitalized with serious injuries, according to local officials.

The ministry said 170 emergency workers and 50 vehicles were involved in dealing with the fire, reported The Associated Press.

Officials are looking at violations of safety procedures or a short circuit among possible causes.

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Kremlin Foreign Policy Aide Says Several Countries Have Already Offered to Host Putin-Trump Talks

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump talk during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump talk during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Kremlin Foreign Policy Aide Says Several Countries Have Already Offered to Host Putin-Trump Talks

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump talk during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump talk during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that several countries had already offered to host talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump, though he declined to say which.

Trump has said he wants to swiftly end the war in Ukraine, though he has yet to set out publicly how he plans to do so, according to Reuters.

Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with Trump and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities.

But Putin said any talks should take as their starting point a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the early weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented.

Many Ukrainian politicians regard that draft deal as akin to a capitulation which would have neutered Ukraine's military and political ambitions and say they do not believe Putin is ready to strike a deal that would be acceptable for Kyiv too.