Ukrainian forces conducted a mass drone strike with 100-150 aircraft destroying the Toropets ammunition depot, Russia's largest ammunition storage site specializing in rockets and missiles, causing seismic activity equivalent to low-grade earthquakes.
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Ukrainian forces conducted a mass drone strike with 100-150 aircraft destroying the Toropets ammunition depot, Russia's largest ammunition storage site specializing in rockets and missiles, causing seismic activity equivalent to low-grade earthquakes.
Ukraine's September 18 strike against a Russian missile and ammunition storage facility near Toropets, Tver Oblast reportedly destroyed enough Russian munitions to affect Russian operations in the coming months.
A wave of drones launched by the SBU, HUR and Special Operations Forces hit and destroyed a huge ammo stockpile located in the vicinity of Toropets, Tver Oblast.
A mass drone attack overnight caused a large fire at an ammunition depot in Toropets, Tver Oblast.
Ukraine has systematically destroyed Russian oil refineries, ammunition depots. The strike on Toropets was essentially a tactical nuclear strike in terms of kilotons equivalent - about two Hiroshima bombs.
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