Russian ammo depot, reportedly holding 264,000 tons of munitions, obliterated near Moscow

euromaidanpress.com Russian ammo depot, reportedly holding 264,000 tons of munitions, obliterated near Moscow

One of Russia's largest munitions stockpiles erupted in catastrophic secondary explosions that continued for hours.

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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Is there a particular reason I only ever see ukraine positive war stuff? And when I see negative ukraine war stuff it's coming out of trumps mouth?
No, I don't follow it religiously.
- Mostly since the oligarchs in the western camp wants you to see their propaganda. It would be the other way around if you relocated. But if you really want you can find better sources.
  
  Link some of those sources then.

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

oh look they picked a new pope already

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?
- 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.
  
  But a unit of artillery shell doesn't weigh a ton.

Business insider has videos of the explosion.
https://www.businessinsider.com/blast-rocks-russian-ammo-depot-kremlin-says-explosives-mishandled-2025-4
- "According to preliminary information, there are no casualties," the ministry said in a statement posted to Telegram. "The cause of the fire is a violation of safety requirements when working with explosive materials."
  The article also says Ukraine hasn't taken credit for the explosion, and that Russia has had accidents like this in the past.
  Fuck Russia and all that, but now I'm thinking OP is full of shit.
  
  Rusky spin obviously

Can we have links to more reputable, known news sites please? Never heard of that one. Here's the BBC.
Russia's military blamed the blast on ammunition which had detonated after the storage building caught fire due to a "violation of safety requirements".
Huh, I suppose maybe a drone-sized violation?
- You cannot ask for a serious source and then link the BBC.
  
  Of course I can, look, I just did.
- Alexander Avdeyev also threatened journalists and residents with fines if they shared unofficial information about the blast.
  ah yes, i always threaten journalists when there's nothing to report

This fucking rules. Eat poo, Shittin.

Must have been one hell of a fireworks show, good hunting finding the next one.
Slava Ukraini

I'm pretty sure competent militaries store their munitions in networks of dozens if not hundreds of earthen bunkers per site, specifically so shit like this can't happen.
264 kilotons is a fuckload of bombs.

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