A Ukrainian drone strike has “destroyed” storage areas in a what has been described as a “near total destruction” of an ammunition dump in Russia’s Voronezh region.
The attack took place earlier this month by Kyiv’s SBU security service and Newsweek reported that satellite images show the 8 July attack “destroyed” a storage area at a major ammunition depot.
Ukrainian media reported that the SBU attacked the depot near to the village of Sergeevka with explosive drones which housed surface-to-air missiles, artillery and tank rounds including small arms bullets.
As result of the massive explosions detonating the regional governor of Voronezh, Aleander Gusev said that as a result he declared a state of emergency with residents being evacuated.
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The Institute for the Study of War said that geolocated footage from 7 July showed explosions in area of the ammunition depot.
The British Ministry of Defence said in their Defence Intelligence update on Wednesday, “This attack resulted in the near total destruction of ammunition and equipment stored in open bermed areas as well as buildings located at the facility.
Continued large explosions in Sergeevka, Voronezh Oblast, where a field ammunition depot placed over 9 thousand square meters has been attacked by a drone earlier today.
The Russians stored surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, shells for tanks and artillery, and… pic.twitter.com/01hJatasc1
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) July 7, 2024
“This is a significant loss at a depot that reportedly covered approximately 9 square kilometres. The depot was highly likely storing a mixture of surface-to-surface munitions as well as small armed to be used by personnel on the frontlines.
“This will further stretch Russia’s already struggling logistics chains and force yet more dispersals due to the continued threat of Ukrainian strikes.
“This incident further highlights Russia’s continued inability to protect key locations in an area that boasts a densely layered Air Defence posture, some 80km from the Ukrainian border. Such shortcomings will almost certainly see further losses to other well-planned Ukrainian strikes.
/2. The evacuation of residents began in a village of Sergeevka where drones attacked an ammunition depot, according to the Governor of the Voronezh regionhttps://t.co/d1VXQGEd0b pic.twitter.com/OvqT7XACtF
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 7, 2024
“Russia can ill afford such losses considering the attritional warfare strategy it has adopted, which shows little regard for the lives of its soldiers. This approach requires huge amounts of ammunition.
“Russia is now relying on its limited foreign partners for this supply due to its own defence industry struggling to meet the frontline demand.”
