Footage appears to show a fire that broke out at the Russian defence ministry in the centre of Moscow on Wednesday evening (5 April).<br /><br />The clip, taken on 19 Znamenka Street, shows smoke emerging from the ministry’s building near the Kremlin.<br /><br />Russian state media, citing emergency services, said no injuries were reported and the blaze was extinguished shortly after it started.<br /><br />The fire came as Vladimir Putin held talks with Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko for talks on what the Kremlin called “topical bilateral and international issues.”
