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.

  • Realitätsverlust@lemmy.zipEnglish
    20·
    15 hours ago

    True, for some reason, I thought of units instead of tons lmao.

    The damage is significantly worse then, probably months worth of production, maybe even a year. A standard shell weighs like what, 45kg?

    • philpo@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Don’t forget that artillery shells need charges to work. And these weight more than the actual shell.

    • Elrecoal19@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      15 hours ago

      264.000.000kg/(45kg/unit) = around 5.866.666 units? Just wanted to have the number so others see the impact.

      • Sonor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        14 hours ago

        5.866.666 That is ~587 days worth of munitions if 10k a day is a good info mentioned above. bonkers