The Ukrainians also are getting 18 tracked Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from the United States, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Norway. Dont underestimate how heavily this could weigh on the Russian war effort. The ammunition depot at Kalynivka, near Vinnytsia, Ukraine, underwent a series of multi-kiloton explosions that started on the evening of September 26, 2017 [1] [2] and continued burning until September 30. Russia has said that it has captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast region. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Grain shipments via the River Danube have increased, with a canal being reopened. The defense official who announced the new $400 million weapons transfer, said Russian forces are making very incremental, limited, hard-fought, highly costly progress.. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited Kyiv, with Australia vowing to send over $100 million in new aid to Ukraine. Powerful long-range US rocket systems have helped destroy 20 depots of Russian artillery ammunition, disrupting Putin's firepower, says Ukraine. Not sure about that. Some residents said they feared the smoke and fire from the explosion might produce toxic gases. Ukraine used US HIMARS rockets to strike a Russian command post at Chornobaivka Airport, near the occupied city of Kherson, at the weekend - causing a nearby ammo dump to explode. The Russian peacekeepers are only part of the peacekeeping force, my impression is representing something like 40% of the total # of 1100 or 1200. The wheeled HIMARS shoot farther, faster and more accurately than Ukraines ex-Soviet rocket-launchers can do. Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military's Southern Command, suggested that vulnerability is at the heart of Kyiv's plans to recapture territory seized since the start of the invasion - and as far back as the last war in 2014. There are at least four injuries although that may be downplaying the severity of the attack. Putin and other officials have said Russia sent troops into Ukraine as effectively a protective measure against the encroaching West. A Russian military weapons depot has exploded in the city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border. gtag(config, UA-160618588-3,{custom_map: {dimension1: story_id},story_id: 73256}); Ukrainian forces destroyed a massive Russian ammunition depot in eastern Ukraine resulting in a huge explosion, as these images show. Mariupol which had a pre-war population of 425,000 lies 60 miles behind the frontline and was thought to be out of range of Ukraine's Himars, donated by the US, which can fire shells up to 50 miles. Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko shared a video of a massive explosion on Monday, tweeting, Mother of god. Explosions and fire have hit an ammunition depot in Ukraine in a possible act of sabotage, officials say, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people. Residents of East Palestine, Ohio have been reporting bizarre symptoms following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent toxic explosion, the NY Post reports. We contacted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for further comment, as well as the Russian Ministry of Defense, but havent received a reply at the time of writing. The European Court of Human Rights intervened, demanding for the sentences not to be carried out but this was rejected by Russia, saying that it would not be implementing the courts decisions anymore and that the decision to execute the men lies with the pro-Russian, so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic. He later said the defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone. They're more powerful in the air,' Ms. Humeniuk told WSJ. It admitted "sabotage" was to blame for a military warehouse getting damaged, while Russian state news agency Tass said civilian facilities "including power lines, a power plant, railway tracks, and a number of residential buildings were damaged too". It has led to speculation over how the dump could have been struck, given it is out of range of Western-supplied rocket launcher vehicles. Read also: Russians trying to break through Ukrainian defense line near Kreminna, Hayday says. March 1, 2023, 6:18 AM. We need air and missile defenses to save thousands of lives., A suspected Russian ammunition depot is struck in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Nova Kakhovka, July 11, 2022. Forty-four miles is the official max range, but with careful planning its possible to squeeze an extra six miles from the rockets. Defence of Ukraine, Chernihiv Regional forces wrote: "The enemy's equipment is burning! But the Russians have fired so many hundreds of their best missiles that theyre now running low. On July 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiys chief of staff Andriy Yermak tweeted, [Ukrainian forces] need more heavy weapons to repel [Russian Federation: RF] aggression. Turkish authorities have detained a Russian cargo ship carrying grain allegedly stolen from Ukraine. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Ukraine's Operational and Tactical Group East reported that on 18 June, the country's Armed Forces destroyed two ammunition depots in the east of Ukraine, while presidential aide Oleksii Arestovych noted that with these two there had already been seven Russian ammunition storage facilities destroyed in a week. Ammunition cooks off and flys haphazardly away from the blast as ordinary people drive past and record with their phones. "According to preliminary. The Russian news outlet later reported at least 90 people have sustained wounds from the strikes. The countries identified to be allowed in facilitating these guarantees are Israel and NATO members Canada, Poland and Turkey. An overnight rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held Nova Kakhovka, the Ukrainian militarys southern command said. The meeting comes as the U.S. accuses Iran of preparing to provide Russia with hundreds of military drones for use in Ukraine. As enemy attempts to conduct offensive in Luhansk Oblast, explosion hits ammo dump. "Massive explosion of a reportedly Russian ammunition depot in Popasna after being hit by precise Ukrainian strike," tweeted the account of @Blue_Sauron which has shared footage of Ukraine's forces in the war against Russia. RUSSIA has lost another ammo supply dump in the east of Ukraine amid a string of successful missile strikes by Ukrainian forces. "I'm more inclined to think this could be Ukrainian partisans. Videos on social media showed the blaze. Social media posts said that the explosion took place in Popasna in the Luhansk region. Key points: Russian news sources claim the blast was due to a fertiliser explosion Attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine killed a further 16 civilians on Tuesday Read also: Russians preparing three offensive operations in Luhansk Oblast Hayday. He said that for every day that they have to wait for howitzers to arrive, they can lose up to 100 soldiers. "As West puts Taliban on hold, Kabul eyes future in China, Russia," by Giorgio Cafiero, Al Jazeera, August 15, 2022: Monday marks a year . He said there was no word yet on any casualties. Video of the explosion shared to the social media platform shows a huge explosion illuminating the night sky in the distance of the scene being filmed. In the Voronezh region east of Kursk and Belgorod, two explosions were heard300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border near a Russian military airfield, according to the state-owned newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta. 'There are more of them. A Russian ammunition depot was reportedly destroyed by a Ukrainian missile, with video footage shared on social media purportedly showing the strike's dramatic aftermath. 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Russia and pro-Russian forces are now shifting their focus to the Donetsk. Russian deep strikes meanwhile are getting less accurate as the Russians draw down their pre-war stockpiles of modern missiles. A small update on the plane explosion in Belarus. President Putin has signed a decree that makes it easier for Ukrainian citizens to acquire Russian citizenship. As strikes escalate and losses mount, Russian logisticians could struggle to keep front-line units adequately supplied. or transfer of weapons valued at $400 million. The brigade said: A new gesture of goodwill from a truck, a warehouse with ammunition and Nona-K artillery systems on the one hand, and soldiers from the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade together with the Intelligence Department of the headquarters of the Kharkiv troop group, air reconnaissance group and the 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, on the other. "On a daily basis, the occupiers are shelling with heavy caliber the de-occupied settlements, where civilians still remain," the governors statement reads. The dump, in Dzhankoi, is some 100 miles from the southern Kherson region, where Ukraine's forces are thought to be preparing to counter attack. A Russian military weapons depot has exploded in the city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border. Russian state media has claimed that two more Britons captured by Russian troops in Ukraine have been charged with mercenary activities. Explosions rock Donbas as Russian ammo dump goes up in flames in fresh blow to Putin's 'exhausted' forces almost six months after war began Explosions lit up sky in Donetsk after overnight. According to preliminary information, an ammunition dump is on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on social media. He has also mocked Russia for apparently relying on aging weaponry. Read more: Ukraine blows up Russia's 'Wagner mercenary HQ' after street sign gives away location. In eastern Luhansk, fighting continues near the villages on the administrative border with neighboring Donetsk, Luhansk Gov. Meanwhile Ukrainian commanders say they are confident in their ability to wear down Russia's army and force it to retreat, as what was supposed to be a days-long 'special military operation' has dragged out into a nearly six-month war. window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; The Ukrainians have concentrated their ammo strikes in the east, where Kyivs brigades have been staging a fighting withdrawal west along a 40-mile-deep pocket of Ukrainian-held terrain anchored in the east at Siversk. With a sufficient number of howitzers, SPG and HIMARS, our soldiers are able to stop and drive the invaders from our land. violent explosion . This is not the first time Ukrainian forces have apparently struck Russian ammunition depots in Ukraine. Russian fire also struck the southern city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday morning, hitting residential buildings. 'The desire to live according to one's will, to choose one's own path and follow it, has become part of the genetic code of our people,' he said. "A warehouse with ammunition belonging to the #Russian occupiers was destroyed near #Popasna, #Luhansk region," tweeted news outlet Nexta. By Aurora Bosotti 07:08, Sun, Jul 3, 2022 . Injured residents sat dazed and covered in blood. The fall of Lysychansk comes just over a week after the nearby city of Sievierodonetsk fell to the Russians. A warehouse with ammunition belonging to the #Russian occupiers was destroyed near #Popasna, #Luhansk region. Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yuriy Vaskov has said that the number of foreign ships has doubled. Possibly railroad terminals filled with Russian military ammunition, etc. Russias shortage of more modern precision strike weapons and the professional shortcomings of their targeting planners will highly likely result in further civilian casualties, the U.K. Defense Ministry explained. Nine civilians were killed and two more wounded in Donetsk province, which makes up half of the Donbas. Blasts have been reported at four ammo dumps in Ukraine in the past two years, raising fears about the stability of munitions, security, and sabotage as Kyiv continues to wage war with. Traveling along roads and firing mostly at night, the four HIMARS are having an effect thats entirely out of proportion to their small numbers. A RUSSIAN ammunition depot has exploded in what is suspected to be another strike by Ukraine across the border as they push back against Vladimir Putin. 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