RE: Russia and Ukraine
Yesterday at 11:56 am
(This post was last modified: Yesterday at 12:03 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
An ammo dump feeding both the Kursk and the eastern front goes up:
https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/113157768216851428
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30lp1qq6pzo
https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/113157768216851428
Quote:Thirteen people have been injured in Russia's Tver region after a large Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire there, according to the country's health ministry.
Unverified footage has emerged purportedly showing a massive blast in the town. Video footage circulating on social media showed detonations and smoke covering a large stretch of sky.
A partial evacuation of the region was ordered after the strike in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The regional governor later encouraged residents to return, saying that all infrastructure in the town was working normally again.
AFP and Reuters news agencies have quoted Ukrainian sources as saying an ammunitions warehouse had been struck.
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The target this time, though, is significant. A military arsenal, worth almost £30m ($39m), has seemingly gone up in a series of explosions. NASA reported a series of heat sources from satellite imagery.
A light-magnitude earthquake was even reported in the surrounding Tver region.
The head of Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko, said on Telegram that in addition to its own ammunition, including Grad rockets, Russia had also started to store North Korean missiles in Toropets.
None of these claims have been verified by the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30lp1qq6pzo