“New satellite images of the ammunition warehouse of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Toroptsk, Tver Oblast, Russia have appeared. The photo shows that more than 58 warehouse buildings were destroyed, several open areas with ammunition, the railway was damaged and trains with ammunition were destroyed.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: American OSINT researcher MT_Anderson in X citing satellite data
Details: After the attack of Ukrainian drones on September 18, there was a fire and detonation at the ammunition arsenal in Toropka, so the previous satellite images were not clear. In four days, the smoke cleared and now it is possible to see that the northern part of the depot received significant damage.
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More than 58 warehouse buildings and several open areas were reduced to ashes or badly damaged.
Areas for loading ammunition to the railway were also affected.
OSINT analysts believe that there were ammunition trains there at the time of the strike.
Prehistory:
- On the night of September 18, a fire and detonation occurred in the city of Toropets, Tver region of Russia, due to a drone attack. The governor of the region, Ihor Rudenia, ordered a partial evacuation of the population.
- Local residents reported that drones attacked a warehouse with ammunition. There are many videos of fire and detonation on social networks.
- Subsequently, it became known that drones of the SBU, GUR and SSO successfully attacked a large warehouse of the main missile and artillery department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Russian settlement of Toropets, Tver Oblast.
- According to the source, the warehouse stored missiles intended for operational-tactical missile complexes “Iskander” tactical missile complexes “Tochka-U”, anti-aircraft missiles and artillery ammunition.
- In 2018, an Arsenal for integrated storage of missiles, ammunition and explosive materials was built in the city of Toropets.
- The then Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Dmytro Bulgakov, said that the arsenal meets the highest international standards.