Ukrainian Attack on Russian Ammo Depot Produced Mushroom Cloud, Blast Felt for 200 Miles
September 21st, 2024Overnight, Ukrainian strikes hit the biggest Russian ammunition depot since the beginning of the war – 107th Arsenal GRAU near Toropets in Tver Oblast of Russia.
The arsenal was totally obliterated due to secondary explosions and raging fires. pic.twitter.com/X7GwW4JGgN
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Via: Newsweek:
Unverified images on social media show a huge ball of flame following the strike on the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) arsenal in Toropets, about 240 miles west of Moscow, at about 3.30 a.m. Wednesday. Footage shows numerous subsequent detonations.
Ukrainian internal affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko posted on X that there were reports the explosion was the equivalent of between 1.3 and 1.8 kilotons of TNT, with a blast wave spreading up to 200 miles.
Another estimate by George William Herbert of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California, was that the blast was consistent with 200-240 tons of high explosives detonating, Reuters reported.
