A RUSSIAN ammunition depot exploded in a huge mushroom fireball after a massive Ukrainian kamikaze strike.
Dramatic footage showed the scale of the blasts in one the biggest strikes of the conflict – with thick black smoke pouring into the sky in Toropets and nearby villages.
Repeated fireball explosions followed the initial strikes as Putin lost tens of millions of pounds worth of missiles and ammunition.
Schools and kindergartens in the area were ordered to close in the area due to ongoing explosions and toxic smoke.
The modern storage depots – part of Russian military unit No. 71628 – were hit by multiple kamikaze drones in a concerted attack on the site in Tver region.
When the “Comprehensive Storage Arsenal” was constructed in 2018, Putin’s deputy defence minister General Dmitry Bulgakov vowed that “it protects missiles and munitions from outside impact and ensures proper upkeep”.
He said: “It is explosion and fire proof.”
Bulgakov has since been arrested in a Putin purge of top defence ministry officials amid wide-ranging corruption allegations.
Regional governor Igor Rudenya had said “air defence forces continue to repel a massive drone attack in the sky above [Toropets].”
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