A Russian ammunition depot in Toropets, 40 miles west of Moscow, was hit by Ukrainian drones on Wednesday night. The attack led to spectacular scenes as large amounts of ammunition detonated.

The Tver Oblast northwest of the Russian capital was subjected to a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Wednesday night. At least one of the drones is said to have hit a gigantic ammunition depot outside the city.

Ukrainian military sources claim that the depot is the largest Ukraine has managed to take out during the war – with 30,000 tons of ammunition. The depot is alleged to have stored Russian Iskander and Tochka missiles and KAB bombs.

The explosions were so powerful that they were registered as a series of earthquakes by seismological stations.

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Russian air defense along the border was activated to shoot down the incoming drones, and Russian authorities blame the explosions on a fire caused by “falling shrapnel”.

An explanation that not even Russian so-called military bloggers buy. The struck ammunition depot began construction in 2018, and was promised to have a high level of security where missiles and ammunition would be stored in blast-proof spaces that could not be triggered by external influences.

Ukrainian media speculate that the Russian ammunition depot was hit by a so-called Palyanitsa. A newly developed Ukrainian jet-powered drone that was first unveiled as late as August 24 this year.

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