Satellite images show destruction of 58 arsenal buildings, railway and train in Russia's Tver Oblast
New satellite images have emerged of the 23rd arsenal belonging to the Main Artillery Directorate of Russia's Defence Ministry, located near the village of Oktyabrsky in Tver Oblast, showing that over 58 storage buildings, several open areas with ammunition, the railway and trains loaded with ammunition had been destroyed.
Source: US OSINT researcher MT_Anderson on Twitter (X) with reference to satellite data
Details: Following the Ukrainian drone attack on 21 September on the ammunition arsenal in Oktyabrsky, a fire and detonation of explosives occurred, leading to a federal motorway being closed to traffic and the evacuation of a nearby railway station in Tver Oblast.
The satellite images reveal significant damage to the northern part of the depot.
Over 58 storage buildings and several open areas had been reduced to ashes or heavily damaged.
The areas used for loading ammunition onto trains had also been affected.
OSINT analysts believe that trains loaded with ammunition were stationed there during the strike.
Background:
- Over the past week, there have been two strikes on ammunition depots in Russia's Tver Oblast.
- A fire and detonation of explosives occurred in the town of Toropets in Russia’s Tver Oblast following a drone attack on the night of 17-18 September. Igor Rudenya, the governor of Tver Oblast, ordered a partial evacuation of the population.
- Later, it was reported that drones from the Security Service of Ukraine, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces had successfully attacked a large warehouse belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defence's Main Missile and Artillery Directorate in the Russian town of Toropets in Tver Oblast.
- The source reported that the warehouse stored missiles intended for Iskander tactical missile systems, Tochka-U tactical missile systems, guided aerial bombs and artillery ammunition.
- On 21 September, drones attacked another ammunition depot in the village of Oktyabrsky in Tver Oblast.
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