The Voronezh-45 military base, which holds some of Russia's nuclear arsenal, was a reported target of Prigozhin's troops in 2023.
Ukraine's attack on the Russian Aviation Training Center for pilots Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region, saw drones hit a target just miles from a secret Russian nuclear storage facility.The Chkalov aviation training center is located less than 11 kilometers from the closed military city of Voronezh-45, where Russian nuclear weapons are stored, Russian independent news agency Agentstvo reported on Telegram.
The aviation center attacked by drones is located on Narodnaya Street, which is less than 7 miles away from Voronezh-45, which is home to one of Russia's 12 known nuclear weapons storage facilities, according to United Nations data.The site previously attracted media attention in June 2023, when it was reportedly approached by Wagner troops en route to Moscow during Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny.
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