Ukrainian drones have “destroyed” A warehouse containing missiles and artillery ammunition in western Russia has been seized, a source in the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday, with Russian authorities ordering evacuations due to a ” fire “.
The videos, posted on social media and by Russian and Ukrainian media, show impressive repeated explosions and a huge column of smoke. The worldHe cannot immediately confirm its authenticity.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, drones “literally destroyed” a warehouse in the Tver region, Toropets, the Ukrainian source said. Ballistic missiles, guided aerial bombs and artillery ammunition were stored there, he said. “A very powerful explosion occurred after the Ukrainian drone attacks”added this source.
In 2018, Dmitry Bulgakov, then Russian deputy defense minister, said a warehouse for storing missiles, ammunition and explosive materials would soon be put into operation in Toropets, according to the Russian State Defense Agency Ria Novosti. The city is about 400 kilometers northwest of Moscow.
Residents evacuated
Tver regional authorities announced on Telegram that a ” fire [était] being extinguished at the place where the debris of a drone fell » in Toropets, without mentioning a weapons depot. They stated that the air defense systems continued “repel a massive drone attack” against the city.
“To ensure the safety of residents, the governor of the Tver region, Igor Roudenia, ordered a partial evacuation of the population”authorities said. A few hours later, residents were allowed to leave “going back home”said Igor Roudenia on Telegram. “The most important thing is that our fellow citizens were not seriously injured, there were no deaths.”The buildings were damaged by drones, regional authorities announced, adding that “In most cases, they are broken glass”.
According to Volcanodiscovery, the explosion was so powerful that it triggered a local earthquake of magnitude 2.8 north of Toropets, which began shaking at 4:29 a.m. (3:29 a.m. Paris time). NASA satellites also recorded significant thermal anomalies across almost the entire territory of the 107my arsenal.
Ukraine regularly carries out drone strikes against Russian territory, sometimes hitting targets far from its borders. It often claims to be attacking military or energy infrastructure to disrupt the logistics of Russian troops that invaded the country in February 2022. kyiv carries out these attacks in response to Russian bombings that devastate its territory on a daily basis.
