Faced with the resistance of its partners to lift the ban on using its long-range missiles against Russian territory, Ukraine once again resorted to its own drones to strike the enemy’s rear with a massive attack that hit a warehouse of missiles, ammunition and aerial bombs in the city of Toporets from the region of captures from the west of Russia.
According to Ukrainian intelligence sources who told local media, the attack was a joint operation between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)the military intelligence of Kiev and the Army’s special forces and reached an ammunition depot where missiles were stored Alexander y Tochka-Uas well as aerial bombs and artillery ammunition.
According to Russian Telegram channel Astra, the warehouse in question, located in the town of Toporets in the Tver region, was hit by six Ukrainian kamikaze drones at around 3.30am local time (00.30 GMT).
The Ukrainian defense news portal Militarni has revealed that the unit attacked is unit 541690 of the Russian Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU), in a report that includes the coordinates of the attacked depot.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, 54 drones were shot down in the Ukrainian attack last night across Russia, 27 of them over the Kursk region, the scene of a military operation by kyiv since 6 August.
Russia called for an evacuation
Authorities in the Tver region have ordered the evacuation of part of the population from the area where anti-aircraft defences were activated in the town of Toporets, with a population of about 11,400, located 460 kilometres from the Ukrainian border and where the attacked weapons depot is located, which had already been targeted by Ukrainian drones on two other occasions during the war.
Access to the city was reopened on Wednesday afternoon, when evacuees were able to return to their homes.
According to the governor of Tver, Igor RudeniaThe attack did not cause any fatalities or serious injuries.
Ukraine has made attacks on military airfields and missile and aerial bomb depots one of its top priorities during the last months of the war, with the aim of reducing Russian air superiority.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian warplanes carry out around 100 air strikes every day against Ukrainian positions, infrastructure and inhabited areas, often resulting in civilian casualties.
By using massive amounts of guided aerial bombs – high-powered conventional explosives equipped with their own navigation systems that allow aircraft to launch them from outside the range of enemy defences – Russian aircraft are destroying Ukrainian defensive structures to pave the way for ground troops.
kyiv has repeatedly asked its key allies to allow it to increase the effectiveness of its attacks on airfields and related infrastructure located inside Russia by using its long-range missiles for such attacks.
Faced with the resistance shown by its partners so far, Ukraine has to content itself with using its drones for this type of operation, which increasingly hit Russian military installations but have so far failed to significantly decimate the Russian air force.
Russia responds with threats
None of the countries with the capacity to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine have yet given the green light to this request from kyiv, which is viewed favorably by countries with less military power and by some leaders of Western supranational organizations such as NATO, whose secretary general, Jens Stoltenbergsaid Monday that he “applauds” the efforts of the allies to take this step.
Speaking to Russian radio, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovcriticized Stoltenberg for “not taking seriously” the Russian president’s warnings on the matter, Vladimir Putinwho said last week that giving kyiv permission to attack Russian territory with long-range weapons would be interpreted by Moscow as NATO’s entry into the war against Russia.
Peskov linked Stoltenberg’s words to the imminent end of his mandate at the head of the Atlantic Alliance. “It is clear that he will soon no longer bear any responsibility for these words, but this is an extremely provocative and dangerous position,” he said. EFE (I)
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