It shared footage, which Express.co.uk has not been in a position to confirm, showing to point out an explosion and flash of sunshine within the night time sky.

The clip was captioned: "Residents of Voronezh, Russia, report a loud explosion on the outskirts of the town".

Igor Sushko, who describes himself as a Ukrainian American in his Twitter bio, wrote on the platform: "Voronezh in Russia is beneath assault!

"Doubtful this has something to do with Ukraine. Appears to be inner Russian developments. The Voronezh-45 nuclear army facility captured by Wagner PMC in the course of the coup is within the space."

Further movies shared by Live: Ukraine, exhibiting the date July 13 and time 10.55pm, present a ball of sunshine rise into the night time sky.

Voronezh is about 180 miles (290km) from Russia's northeastern border with Ukraine.

Twitter account Spriter Team, which describes itself as unbiased and activist, additionally shared footage, writing on the platform: "Explosion within the sky close to Voronezh.

"Apparently, air defence forces shot down an enemy object in the village of Maslovsky. A roar and flash in the sky caught the cameras. There are no official data yet".

It emerged earlier this week {that a} contingent of Wagner mercenaries drove to a military base storing nuclear weapons close to Voronezh, having diverted from a most important column heading in the direction of Moscow in the course of the failed coup try in June.

Ukraine's head of army intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, instructed Reuters that Wagner fighters reached the nuclear base and that their intention was to amass small, Soviet-era nuclear units with a purpose to "raise the stakes" of their mutiny.

There is not any suggestion the reported explosions are linked to Wagner.

Matt Korda, a Senior Research Associate and Project Manager for the Nuclear Information Project on the Federation of American Scientists, instructed the company it will be "virtually impossible for a non-state actor" to breach Russian nuclear safety.

The Voronezh area is reportedly additionally residence to a jail colony which homes 119 individuals against Russia's so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Vladimir Osechkin, an exiled Russian human rights activist who based Gulagu.internet to doc abuses, confirmed news wire AP a Russian jail doc from 2022 saying 119 individuals "opposed to the special military operation" in Ukraine have been moved by aircraft to the primary jail colony within the Voronezh area.