Multiple explosions were reported at a military site in Russia’s Toropets allegedly after a drone strike on Wednesday morning. The explosions were reported after Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia’s Tver region that sparked a fire and forced the partial evacuation of residents.
Reports on social media claimed that massive explosions could be heard at the town of Toropets in the western part of the region, where wreckage from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire.
Wreckage from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire in the town of Toropets in the western part of the Tver region, Igor Rudenya, the governor of the region located northwest of Moscow said on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia: Explosions continue at the munitions depot in Toropets, Tver region after Ukrainian drone strikes. Local residents are being evacuated.Over 300 miles north of Ukraine, past Belarus. pic.twitter.com/SmODFoO6tA— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) September 18, 2024
Several reports on social media claimed that massive explosions could be heard in the town of Toropets.
Fire fighters were trying to contain the fire, Rudenya said. Russian air defence units were still trying to repel “a massive drone attack” over the town, he added.
According to a RIA state news agency report from 2018, Russia was building an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a 1,000-year-old town, which has a population of just over 11,000.
(With agency inputs)
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