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Ammunition Depots Under Fire
It seems Ukraine targets specific types
of facilities during its attacks on Russia.
Previously, it was fuel depots and refineries,
followed by a wave of attacks on air bases.
During this period, Ukrainian drones
concentrated on Russian ammunition depots.
Thefirst one caught fire on Friday, September
7, in the village of Soldatskoye in the Voronezh
region and continued exploding the next day.
It reportedly housed North Korean ballistic
missiles. Another ammunition depot in
occupied Mariupol was hit on Friday, September
13, containing missiles for air defense systems.
The largest strike occurred on Wednesday,
September 18, in the town of Toropets near
Tver. Although Russians claimed that only
debris from intercepted drones caused minor
damage, videos from locals showed a massive
explosion. It triggered a 2.8 magnitude
earthquake. The depot, recently constructed
and supposedly resistant to such attacks, was
overfilled with ammunition, possibly from
North Korea. The explosions followed one after
another. It is estimated that the depot held up
to 30,000 tons of ammunition, with 90% of its
structures destroyed, according to satellite
images.
A similar scenario unfolded during Friday,
September 20, and Saturday, September
21. Ukrainian drones (or their debris, according
to Russian sources) hit two more ammunition
depots: one in Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar, and
another near Tver, in the village of Oktyabrsky.
Both depots were leveled, and at Oktyabrsky,
trains carrying ammunition parked at a nearby
station were also struck.
This is how the “debris of Ukrainian drones” explodes after falling on Russian ammunition depots. Videos recorded by locals contradict Russian authorities' claims.
A satellite image from Maxar shows details of the ammunition
depot in Toropets before and after the Ukrainian drone strike.
Maxar also captured destroyed trains carrying ammunition near the depot
in Oktyabrsky. This is one of them.
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