Toropets ammunition depot elimination to reduce intensity of war in some areas, says Ukrainian CCD chief

He believes that the depot’s destruction, which accumulated resources for a long war, may reduce the intensity of the use of weapons by Russian forces in some places.

“It is very important success,” he said, adding that that the war will stop now, but it deprives Russian military logistics of the ability to continue it longer.

This echoes an earlier report by British intelligence on Sept. 21 that believes that the strike will undermine the Russian ground operations, particularly in Kursk Oblast.

Sept. 18 strike on the munitions depot in Toropets

On the night of Sept. 18, a fire broke out in the Russian city of Toropets following a drone attack, leading to munitions detonations. Regional Governor Igor Rudenya ordered a partial evacuation of local residents. Eyewitnesses reported large-scale fires, explosions, and damage to buildings.

According to Kovalenko, the depot housed Grad MLRS missiles, S-300 and S-400 systems, as well as ballistic Iskander missiles and North Korean KN23s.

Later, sources from NV in the Ukraine's SBU Security Service confirmed the drone attack on the munitions depot in Toropets, carried out by the SBU, HUR, and Special Operations Forces. According to sources, there were missiles for the Iskander and Tochka-U systems, aviation bombs, and artillery shells. Over 100 drones were used for the attack on the depot.

Defense Express reported that the Defense Forces carried out a record drone strike on the Russian missile depot in Toropets, where up to 30,000 tons of various types of munitions were stored.

The explosion in Toropets registered at 2.7 on the Richter scale, equivalent to a weak earthquake, with fires spreading across an area 6 kilometers wide.