A Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike reportedly struck Vladimir Putin’s Satan-2 nuclear missile, prompting an apocalyptic explosion yesterday morning.
A secret ammunition silo facility at Toropets in Tver region that housed one of the Russian President’s nuke missiles was hit by Ukrainian drone, it was claimed yesterday.
It allegedly happened just ten miles from an ‘indestructible’ 30,000 ton munitions storage site that had been obliterated on Wednesday.
A huge explosion was triggered when the ‘Satan-2’ missile was hit, causing locals to panic over fears of a Doomsday detonation.
The claim that the missile was destroyed came from a Russian Telegram channel and a news blackout intensified the rumour.
Apocalyptic explosions tore apart two massive Russian missile and ammunition storage depots early this morning
Vladimir Putin’s RS-28 Sarmat ‘Satan-2’ missile was allegedly hit by the Ukrainian drone strike, triggering a huge explosion
It was also claimed that another site, which is reported to house North Korean missiles supplied to Putin by Kim Jong Un, was hit.
Mushroom clouds and igniting shells lit up the night sky at this facility in the Russian town of Tikhoretsk in the Krasnodar region in a devastating pinpoint strike by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
An unconfirmed report suggested hundreds of Russian troops may have been based at the 23rd GRAU arsenal in the village of Oktyabrsky in Tver region.
If so, their fate is unknown, but there were Russian fears of casualties at both exploded arms depots.
NASA satellite imagery indicated ongoing fires at the Tver region site, and there was disruption on a main railway line and evacuation of Staraya Toropa station.
‘The number of fires is increasing every minute,’ reported the Crimean Wind Telegram channel.
Mushroom clouds and igniting shells lit up the night sky at a facility in the Krasnodar region
A secret ammunition silo facility at Toropets in Tver region which housed one of the Russian President’s (pictured) nuke missiles was hit by Ukrainian drone, it was claimed yesterday
Russia claimed to have downed 101 kamikaze drones from Ukraine in overnight work by air defences.
The three hits in as many days are a significant blow to the Russian war effort.
Russian sources maintained their usual line that the strikes leading to sky-high fireball explosions were from debris of shot down drones, while most experts – including pro-war Moscow analysts – suspect direct hits.
Russian officials rarely disclose the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks.
Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of Krasnodar region, wrote on his official Telegram channel that Tikhoretsk was ‘subjected to a terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime.
The detonation site is believed to be a base of military unit 57229-41.
It was also claimed that another site, which is reported to house North Korean missiles supplied to Putin by Kim Jong Un, was hit
The three hits in as many days are a significant blow to the Russian war effort
‘Two drones were suppressed by air defence and electronic warfare forces.
‘Due to the fall of debris from one of them, a fire broke out, which spread to explosive objects. Detonation began.
‘Currently, for safety reasons, residents of the village located near the site of the fire are being temporarily evacuated to nearby settlements.’
Western intelligence had pinpointed the Tikhoretsk missile and ammunition complex as being at the end of a 6,000-mile transit route across Siberia from North Korea for mountains of munitions sent by Kim to aid Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Mushroom cloud blast rips through 'indestructible' Russian arms depot after Ukrainian drone attack
The North Korean firepower was stashed here before being sent to the frontline.
Among supplies from Pyongyang are deadly KN-23 missiles and 122mm and 152mm artillery shells.
Western secret services had already calculated significant consequences for Russia from the destruction of the first Toropets storage facility earlier this week.
The blowing up today of two more arsenals – 1,000 miles apart – will have acute ramifications for dictator Putin.
Pro-war Military Informant channel expressed concern at the number of Ukrainian strikes on ammunition facilities, and the reasons given by officials.
‘Tikhoretsk is far from the first munitions arsenal hit recently and one can only wonder whether the statements about falling debris from downed drones play a role in this,’ said the channel.
‘It is one question if these are just statements for a population that is being treated as idiots.
‘It is another matter if this is also reflected in the reports going to the top – we don’t need more air defence systems, we have shot down everything, just debris falling, force majeure.’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President in Kyiv, on September 20
A video grab taken from handout footage released by Russian authorities of the Russian southwestern region of Krasnodar, shows volunteers assisting evacuees from an area targeted by a Ukrainian drone on September 21
Evacuees resting in an emergency shelter after their evacuation from an area targeted by a Ukrainian drone on September 21
Colonel Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre, estimated this week that Russia had lost ‘two to three months’ supply of ammunition’ in the first strike in Tver region.
Some 30,000 tons of explosive ordnance were detonated ‘which means 750,000 shells’.
‘As a result of this attack, Russia has suffered losses in ammunition and we will see the impact of these losses on the front in the coming weeks.’
In Ukraine, A 12-year-old boy and two women aged 75 and 79 died in a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih.
As Ukraine has ramped up its domestic drone production over the past two years, it has increased attacks on Russian territory.
Ukraine’s biggest-ever drone attack struck the Russian capital in September, killing at least one, wrecking homes and disrupting flights at Moscow’s airports.