Strikes on enemy warehouses with North Korean ammunition: British intelligence analyzed the consequences

During Ukraine’s recent strikes on Russian warehouses in Tykhoretsk and Toropka, the largest amount of ammunition supplied by Russia and North Korea during the war was destroyed. The total tonnage of munitions destroyed at the three facilities became a record for Russian-Korean supplies, according to a new report by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain. UNN.

The report of the British Ministry of Defense states that on the night of September 20-21, 2024, Ukrainian troops attacked Russian ammunition depots in Tikhoretsk (Krasnodar) and Toropka (Tver) with UAVs. This followed a previous successful strike on another warehouse in Toropka on September 18, which, as British intelligence indicated, almost certainly destroyed at least 30,000 tons of ammunition in open and bunker storage.

These strikes will almost certainly lead to at least a short-term disruption in the supply of Russian artillery and small arms, critical resources in a war of attrition dominated by mass fires. The total tonnage of munitions destroyed at the three sites represents the largest loss of munitions supplied by Russia and North Korea during the war

British intelligence believes that these large strikes, carried out in quick succession, demonstrate that despite the fact that Russia has deployed a large multi-layered air defense system (including fighter jets) around Ukraine, it continues to struggle with Ukrainian UAVs used for deep strikes across the territory Russia

“It is likely that this will further decentralize the Russian logistics chain due to fear of additional strikes, adding to the strain on an already strained system,” the report said.

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 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.”