A flash-noise grenade explosion at the vocational training center of Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs in Syktyvkar injured seven people and prompted the evacuation of about 200 others due to heavy smoke over the past hour through 11:16 AM UTC on January 15, 2026, according to preliminary information from @opersvodki. Emergency services responded to the site as details of the incident continue to be clarified, per the @opersvodki report published within the reporting window from 10:16 AM UTC. In a separate development during the same period, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the Kremlin agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump's position that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is holding back the peace process, as reported in a post on X.
