Kiev. Ukraine targeted the Toropets Russian military depot in Tver province, 500 kilometers from its border, in a drone attack on Tuesday night. The attack was so severe that the missiles and shells stored there started exploding and it felt like an earthquake.

Earthquake-like tremor recorded

NASA satellites detected large heat sources over an area of ​​14 square kilometers, while sensors at earthquake monitoring stations recorded a small earthquake-like tremor in the area. Locals were evacuated to safer places after the attack.

Attack on Russian arms depot

According to the security officer of Kiev, more than 100 kamikaze drones made in Ukraine were used in the attack in Toropets, a village of about 11,000 people, 380 kilometers away from Moscow. This military depot, spread over about six kilometers, was filled with Iskander and Tochka-U missiles, glide bombs, artillery shells, as well as North Korea's KN-23 short range ballistic missiles. After the attack, the entire depot kept burning with fire and loud explosions.

Explosions like 200-240 tons

According to Russian media, Russia's air defense system was working to prevent this fierce drone attack. However, no information was given about the loss of life and property in this attack. At the same time, some videos of this attack were also allegedly broadcast online, which received strong reactions. Reuters quoted George William Herbert of the Middlebury Institute for International Studies in Monterey, California, as saying that the size of the main explosion seen in the video appears to be equivalent to 200-240 tons of high explosives.

Russia attacks Ukrainian power plants, one dead

On the other hand, Russia attacked power plants in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Wednesday, while one person was killed in Kropyvnytsky. The Ukrainian Air Force claims that it has destroyed 46 out of 52 drones launched by Moscow at night, while three guided missiles could not reach their target. Officials in the central region of Kirovograd said that one person was killed, several people including a 90-year-old woman were injured. Residential buildings were damaged in Kropyvnytsky.