“Night strike on Russian warehouses with North Korean munitions: the media released satellite images of the consequences of the attack Satellite images of the consequences of a night strike on Russian warehouses with North Korean ammunition in the Krasnodar Territory were made public. The General Staff of the Armed Forces confirmed the destruction of more than 2,000 tons of ammunition.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The images from the Sentinel-2 satellite for September 21, which are available on the EO Browser platform and are at the disposal of “Scheme” (Radio Liberty), show the consequences of the night attack on the Russian ammunition warehouse – there is a fire going on. This military facility is located to the north of the village of Kamiany in the Tykhorets district, in the Krasnodar region of Russia.
The satellite image also shows that the fire continues near the military airfield of the city of Tikhoretsk, which is not far from the ammunition warehouse.
On the OpenStreetMap map, these warehouses are marked as military unit #57229-41. In Russian open sources there are references to the affiliation of this unit to the logistics center of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation.
According to a study by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), this warehouse is also called the 719th Ordnance Base. In February 2024, CSIS reported that over the past year there has been increased activity and a noticeable increase in activity at this base. According to a report by CSIS analysts, in October 2023, the White House confirmed that this Russian base is the main one in the Russian Federation for storing North Korean ammunition.
We will remind
On the night of September 21, Russian media reported explosions near one of the military units in the Tikhoretsk district. Later, the governor of the Krasnodar region said that explosive objects were detonated as a result of the fire.
The video from the scene, which is circulating on social networks, shows plumes of smoke.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the attack on the Tikhoretsk arsenal and announced the destruction of more than 2,000 tons of ammunition, including from North Korea. In the message, the General Staff notes that this warehouse “is one of the three largest ammunition storage bases and is one of the key in the key in the logistics system of the Russian troops.”