A Ukrainian kamikaze drone reportedly hit Vladimir Putin’s Satan-2 nuclear missile, triggering an apocalyptic explosion yesterday morning.
A secret ammunition silo in Toropets in the Tver region housing one of the Russian president’s nuclear missiles was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, it was claimed yesterday.
It reportedly occurred just ten miles from an “indestructible” 30,000-tonne munitions storage site that had been destroyed on Wednesday.
A massive explosion was triggered when the ‘Satan-2’ missile was hit, sending locals into panic over fears of an apocalyptic detonation.
The claim that the missile was destroyed came from a Russian Telegram channel and a news blackout intensified the rumour.
Apocalyptic explosions ripped through two huge Russian missile and ammunition depots early this morning
Vladimir Putin’s RS-28 Sarmat ‘Satan-2’ missile was reportedly hit by a Ukrainian drone strike, causing a huge explosion
Another site, believed to house North Korean missiles supplied to Putin by Kim Jong Un, was also said to have been attacked.
Mushroom clouds and flaming shells lit up the night sky over a facility in the Russian city of Tikhoretsk in the Krasnodar region in a devastating, pinpoint attack by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
An unconfirmed report suggested that hundreds of Russian troops may have been stationed at the 23rd GRAU arsenal in the village of Oktyabrsky in the Tver region.
If so, their fate is unknown, but the Russians feared there were casualties in both exploded weapons depots.
NASA satellite images indicated ongoing fires at the site in the Tver region, and there was disruption to a major railway line and evacuation of the Staraya Toropa station.
“The number of fires is increasing every minute,” the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.
Mushroom clouds and flaming shells lit up the night sky at a facility in the Krasnodar region
A secret ammunition silo in Toropets, Tver region, housing one of the Russian president’s nuclear missiles (pictured), was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, it was claimed yesterday.
Russia claims to have shot down 101 kamikaze drones from Ukraine during nighttime air defence work.
The three attacks in just a few days deal a significant blow to the Russian war effort.
Russian sources have maintained their standard version that the attacks, which triggered sky-high fireball explosions, were caused by debris from downed drones, while most experts, including pro-war Moscow analysts, suspect direct hits.
Russian officials rarely reveal the full extent of the damage inflicted by Ukrainian attacks.
Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the Krasnodar region, wrote on his official Telegram channel that Tikhoretsk was “the target of a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime.”
The location of the explosion is believed to be a base of military unit 57229-41.
Another site, said to house North Korean missiles supplied to Putin by Kim Jong Un, was also claimed to have been attacked.
The three attacks in just a few days deal a significant blow to the Russian war effort.
‘Two drones were suppressed by air defence and electronic warfare forces.
‘A fire broke out due to the falling debris from one of them, which spread to explosive objects. The detonation began.
‘Currently, for safety reasons, residents of the locality located near the site of the fire are being temporarily evacuated to nearby settlements.’
Western intelligence had targeted the Tikhoretsk missile and ammunition complex as the end of a 6,000-mile transit route through Siberia from North Korea for mountains of munitions sent by Kim to aid Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
North Korean firepower was stored here before being sent to the front.
Among the supplies from Pyongyang are deadly KN-23 missiles and 122 and 152 mm artillery shells.
Western intelligence services had already calculated major consequences for Russia following the destruction of the first Toropets depot earlier this week.
The explosion of two more arsenals today, 1,600 kilometres away, will have serious consequences for dictator Putin.
Pro-war channel Military Informant expressed concern about the number of Ukrainian attacks on munitions facilities and the reasons given by officials.
“Tikhoretsk is far from the first arsenal to be attacked recently and one can only wonder if the reports of debris falling from downed drones play a role in this,” the channel said.
One question is whether these are just statements to a population that is being treated like idiots.
“Another question is whether this is also reflected in the reports reaching the high command: we do not need any more air defence systems, we have shot down everything, only debris is falling, force majeure.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with the President of the European Commission in kyiv, September 20.
A video grab from footage released by Russian authorities in the southwestern Russian region of Krasnodar shows volunteers helping evacuees from an area attacked by a Ukrainian drone on September 21.
Evacuees rest in an emergency shelter after their evacuation from an area attacked 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 of ammunition supplies” in the first attack in the Tver region.
Some 30,000 tons of explosive devices were detonated, which amounts to 750,000 projectiles.
“As a result of this attack, Russia has suffered ammunition losses 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 were killed in a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih.
As Ukraine has ramped up its domestic production of drones over the past two years, it has also stepped up attacks on Russian territory.
The largest drone attack in Ukraine’s history hit the Russian capital in September, killing at least one person, destroying homes and disrupting flights at Moscow airports.
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