Strike on ammunition depot in Tver region: satellite photos of destroyed Russian arsenals appear

Strike on ammunition depot in Tver region: satellite photos of destroyed Russian arsenals appear

Kyiv  •  UNN

September 18 2024, 03:26 PM  •  50396 views

Maxar satellite imagery revealed a large-scale fire at a Russian ammunition depot after the Ukrainian attack. An ISW analyst confirmed that not only the surrounding area but also the weapons bunkers themselves were on fire.

Satellite images show that a large-scale fire broke out as a result of the Ukrainian attack on the Russian ammunition depots. The smoke at the detonation sites indicates that not only the surrounding areas but also the bunkers themselves are burning. This was stated by George Barros, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) , UNN reports.

Details

Collected images showing damage from a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack that caused a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Toropets, about 240 miles west of Moscow

- The analyst writes. 

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According to him, the fire that resulted from the attack damaged the surrounding forest area. At the same time, images show that much of the area is covered in heavy smoke, and a closer look at the ammunition storage area shows that fires continue to burn in and around some of the bunkers.

Recall

Last night, drones of the SBU, GUR and SSO wiped out a large warehouse of the main missile and artillery department of the Russian Defense Ministry in the town of Toropets, Tver region.

According to the military and political observer of the Information Resistance group , Oleksandr Kovalenko, the arsenal could have stored up to 30 thousand tons of ammunition, mainly 122-mm MLRS rockets and 82-mm mines.

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