KYIV — Ukrainian drones attacked overnight an arsenal of missiles some 300 miles inside of Russia, releasing a massive fire ball into the nighttime sky, Kyiv officials said — the latest strike on Russian military targets by Ukrainian forces using their own weapons.
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Ukrainian drones hit missile warehouse deep in Russia in massive blast
The base housed Iskander tactical missiles, Tochka-U missile systems, antiaircraft missiles, artillery ammunition and glide bombs, the official said — among the weapons that have pummeled Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure for much of the year.
Verified videos on social media showed extensive fires and explosions at what posters said was the ammunition storage facility in Toropets in Russia’s Tver region, some 250 miles west of Moscow.
The Tver regional government Telegram channel said that “a fire started as a result of drone debris falling while air defense forces were repelling an attack,” but made no mention of the ammunition storage facility.
Tver Gov. Igor Rudenya announced a partial evacuation of the Toropets population, while “air defense forces continue to repel a massive attack by drones in the sky above the city,” the Telegram channel said.
The attack took place as Ukrainian officials are lobbying their Western allies hard to allow them to use Western-supplied weapons systems to strike deep within Russia, to destroy the weapons systems doing so much damage in Ukraine.
Western officials are resisting giving permission for such attacks, saying that this could lead to an escalation in the war, or be less effective than the Ukrainians hope. Kyiv officials, in response, point to attacks like the one carried out on Toropets as evidence that these are effective and pose no extra risk of a Russian response.