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Apparently, Ukrainian drones pushed through and started a chain reaction.

Explosions reportedly continued for hours, and authorities evacuated nearby settlements. Initial reports indicate that the site, previously protected by one of Russia’s densest air defense networks, suffered catastrophic damage.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 3 hours ago

Initial reports indicate that the site, previously protected by one of Russia’s densest air defense networks, suffered catastrophic damage.

Good chance Ukraine could hit the Kremlin if they wanted to. They have drones with the 500 mile range to pull it off, and Russian air defense has become a joke. The only thing that's been stopping them was US worries about actions like that causing escalation. Ukraine has had less and less reason to care what the US thinks of late.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago

I enjoy when the news headlines remind us they CAN be good

oh look they picked a new pope already

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago

Excellent news! Slava Ukraini!

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Well someone isn't getting their Christmas bonus (their family can live)

[–] gaael@lemm.ee 45 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

I hace no idea how serious a blow this is. Can anyone provide any sense of magnitude for these 264 000 tons of munitions? Like how big a chunk of total ammunition stockpile woukd this be? How big is it compared to current manufacturing rate?

[–] illegible@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 hours ago

I'd like to know how this converts to Beirut port blasts.

[–] Zouth@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago

It feels like I've read how Russia have taken massive losses every day for over two years now. In my book, if you take "massive losses" every day for two years that would mean there's basically nothing left. I get that there daily numbers probably are massive by comparison, but still.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 43 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (5 children)

It's not that easy to calculate as "munitions" can be anything from artillery shells to ballistic missiles.

If we assume it's mostly/all artillery shells, it's roughly one month of production. Russia currently produces 250.000 units of artillery shells per month if everything goes right. Russia uses roughly 10.000 of them per day, so it would be almost one months worth of combat.

If the stockpile contained more of glide bombs and ballistic missiles, the damage is even worse because they are significantly more expensive to produce.

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