The main explosion caught on video equates to about 200-240 tons of high explosives detonating, according to one expert.
A drone attack has destroyed a Russian weapons arsenal storing missiles, bombs and ammunition, according to a Ukrainian security source. Unverified images and video on social media showed a large ball of flame shooting into the night sky and detonations across a lake.
satellites detected heat from a site in the Tver region and monitoring stations recorded what sensors thought was a minor earthquake. Regional governor Igor Rudenya said on Telegram that firefighters were trying to contain a blaze in the town of Toropets, but did not specify what was on fire. Power outages were also reported by officials in Tver's Zapadnodvinsky district. A source in Ukraine's SBU security service told Reuters a weapons and ammo warehouse had been destroyed.
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