Ukraine carried out an attack that hit an ammunition depot in southern Russia, according to reports on social media that reveal its fiery consequences.
“The city of Ostrogozhsk, in Russia’s Voronezh region, was attacked via several drones,” the War is Translated miles south of Moscow.
“The effect will have to be incredibly intense because the explosions and fires in Ostrogozhsk have not stopped since early this morning,” the message adds.
“Ukrainian drones visited a weapons workshop in Russia’s Voronezh region last night,” the pro-Ukrainian X Jay account in Kiev posted.
However, there seems to be uncertainty about the munitions involved, with local media reporting that Ukraine would have used a Neptune cruise missile in the attack, which allegedly caused secondary explosions.
Reached for comment, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said in a statement: “We do not comment on what is in Russia. Newsweek has also reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment.
Voronezh Oblast, bordering Ukraine’s Luhansk region, is home to military airfields, oil refineries and ammunition depots used via Moscow and in the past attacked via kyiv.
Last night, the town of Ostrogozhsk, in Russia’s Voronezh region, was attacked by several drones. According to local authorities, as a result of the “falling debris” of the drones, an ammunition depot exploded in the town of Ostrogozhsk. The effect will have to be extremely. . . pic. twitter. com/Gz8anTdFoU
Voronezh regional governor Alexander Guoussev said on Saturday that Russian air defense had destroyed several drones and that falling weapons fragments had caused a fire and a “detonation of explosive objects” at an unidentified location. He said two other people were injured and two hundred others were evacuated from their homes.
On July 7, Gusev described in terms an attack on an ammunition depot in the area, saying there were detonations of unidentified objects, without specifying the facility attacked.
Russia’s Astra Telegram channel reported on Saturday that ammunition in Ostrogozhsk was still exploding 8 hours after the attack.
“The detonation continues, I ask you once again to remain calm, be very careful and comply with all protection requirements,” said Ostrogozhsky district chief Sergei Khoroshilov.
It comes as Ukraine has stepped up its measures against the infrastructure and power of the Russian military in a bid to stifle Moscow’s military machine.
On Friday, the Ukrainian military proved that it was an attack the day before on the Conro Trader expedition in the port of Kavkaz, in the Russian territory of Krasnodar, with a video on social media showing flames and smoke rising into the sky.
Meanwhile, a strike at an oil terminal in the Rostov region city of Proletarsk sparked a fire that continues to burn and is reportedly spreading to residential buildings, amid complaints from citizens that the government was doing enough to fight the blaze.
Updated 8/24/24 at 11 a. m. ET: This article was updated with comments from the Ukraine Ministry of Defense.
Brendan Cole is a senior journalist at Newsweek, founded in London, United Kingdom. It focuses on Russia and Ukraine, i. e. the war through Moscow. It also covers other areas of geopolitics, adding China.
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