Ammunition depot in Tver region of Russia burns and detonates after drone attack: NASA satellite data shown
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An ammunition depot in the Toropets district of the Tver region of Russia is on fire after a UAV attack. Residents are evacuated, and NASA satellite imagery captured thermal signatures on the territory of the 107th arsenal of the GRU.
An ammunition depot in the Toropets district of the Tver region in Russia is on fire and detonating after a UAV attack, ASTRA Telegram-channel reports, UNN writes.
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According to the ASTRA telegram channel, the military unit 54169 TT is located in Toropets. There is also another military unit in Toropets - the former military unit 55443, now 11777 (107th arsenal of the GRU).
"The ammunition depots are still burning and detonating. Local authorities did not recognize the attack on the military unit, saying only that the fire started after the wreckage of the downed UAV fell," ASTRA notes .
Meanwhile, NASA satellite imagery has reportedly captured thermal signatures on almost the entire territory of the 107th arsenal of the GRU in the Tver region of Russia.
According to the data of the Tatarigami forensic expert, the attacked warehouse stored, among other things, 122-mm rockets for Grad and 82-mm artillery mines.
Residents of the city and the district are being evacuated, but as ASTRA notes, residents of the village of Tsikarevo, which, according to maps, is located directly opposite the burning warehouses, have been cut off from evacuation - they can only escape through the lake. Some of the residents sailed away in their boats, while others are waiting for evacuation from the local authorities on the shore, residents of the area told ASTRA.
Reports that an arsenal for storing missiles and other ammunition was being built in Toropil were reported in 2015 and in 2018.
In addition to the 107th arsenal of the GRU, there is reportedly military unit 54169 nearby, and soldiers were also evacuated from there last night, relatives told ASTRA. The unit has been attacked twice before, in May and June, ASTRA sources said. The regional authorities and the Russian Defense Ministry have not reported the incident.
Meanwhile, on September 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its air defense system "destroyed" 54 unmanned aerial vehicles overnight: 27 - over the territory of Kursk region, 16 - over the territory of Bryansk region, seven - over the territory of Smolensk region, three - over the territory of Belgorod region and one - over the territory of Orel region.
