Chris Knight

Russian media report that because of detonation at the 107th arsenal of GRAU in Toropets, an earthquake of 2.8 points was recorded, and windows were broken five kilometers away. This looks like a strike on a largest ammunitions warehouse during the full-scale war. In 2017, the Russians wrote in reports that the arsenal had 22,000 tons of ammunition load, half of it out-of-date. That means open storage most of the time and preparation for disposal. Since 2017, everything has only accumulated, including high-precision weapons - tactical ballistic missile systems, delivery vehicles for SAMs. According to some information, a team was working at the arsenal to recover out-of-date items and assemble and reassemble them. The smoke is visible even from space. According to the Russian media: ◾️ The estimated power of the explosion is 1.3-1.8 kilotons, the blast wave has spread 200-300 kilometers. ◾️ About 30,000 tons of shells have exploded or are still exploding. ◾️ The fire has not been extinguished yet. ◾️ Toropets has been evacuated. ◾️ More than 100 attack drones were allegedly used in the attack on the ammunition depot in Toropets. ◾️ According to some sources, "significant stocks of North Korean KN23 ballistic missiles, missiles for Grad multiple rocket launcher systems and S-300 air defense systems, and Iskander ballistic missiles" were allegedly destroyed at the depot in Toropets. ◾️ The distance from the warehouse to the Ukrainian border is about 500 kilometers.