Posted on 09/21/2024 5:32:01 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
THIS is the moment apocalyptic explosions tore apart two massive Russian missile and ammunition storage depots.
One at Tikhoretsk contained vast quantities of munitions supplied to Vladimir Putin by Kim Jong-un for use in the Kremlin dictator's bombardment of Ukraine.
Mushroom clouds and igniting shells lit up the night sky at the facility in Krasnodar region in a devastating pinpoint strike by Ukrainian kamikaze drones early on Saturday.
But Ukraine also hit a new ammunition silo complex at Toropets in Tver region - just ten miles from an “indestructible” 30,000-ton munitions storage site that was obliterated on Wednesday.
An unconfirmed report suggested hundreds of Russian troops may have been based at the 23rd GRAU arsenal in the village of Oktyabrsky in Tver region.
If so, their fate is unknown, but there were Russian fears of casualties at both exploded arms depots.
NASA satellite imagery indicated ongoing fires at the Tver region site, and there was disruption on a main railway line and evacuation of Staraya Toropa station.
“The number of fires is increasing every minute,” reported the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.
Russia claimed to have downed 101 kamikaze drones from Ukraine in overnight work by air defences.
The three hits in as many days are a significant blow to the Russian war effort.
Russian sources maintained their usual line that the strikes leading to sky-high fireball explosions were from debris of shot down drones
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I don’t have a clue, mucus.
I’m more concerned about what’s going on in my country, America, right now.
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