Ukrainian airstrike on Russia causes earthquake-sized explosion captured from space

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Ukrainian drones reportedly attacked a massive arms depot about 240 miles west of Moscow on Wednesday, causing an earthquake-sized explosion and forcing thousands to evacuate the area.

Ukrainian officials have not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, although sources in the Ukrainian Security Service confirmed the attack to the Kyiv Independent, and other reports have cited military bloggers and local officials as saying Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia's Tver region, where a known military arsenal is located.

Video footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed a massive explosion during the early morning hours on Wednesday, though the cause of the explosions or the targets could not be independently verified.

A cloud is seen rising after an explosion in Toropets, Tver region, Russia, in this screenshot taken from a social media video posted on September 18, 2024. (Social media/via Reuters)

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NASA satellites reportedly picked up intense heat sources emanating from an area of ​​about five square miles, where a “weak” 2.8 magnitude earthquake was detected causing “mild shaking near [the] The “epicenter” of the earthquake is in the Tver region, just 55 miles from the border with Belarus.

The explosion was not reported by Russian state media, which are tightly regulated by the Kremlin, as of noon Moscow time on Wednesday.

Tver region governor Igor Rodinia said a fire broke out and Ukrainian drones were shot down, though he did not confirm what was burning, Reuters reported.

Rodinia also said some residents had been evacuated, although reports by the East2West network said about 3,000 Russians had fled the area.

Fox News Digital was unable to reach the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (GUR) for comment.

This image shows flames rising during an explosion in Toropets, Tver region, Russia, from a video posted on social media on September 18, 2024. (Social media/via Reuters)

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Russian defense units reportedly destroyed 54 drones launched across five Russian regions, although Moscow has not mentioned any drone strikes over the Tver region, and it is unclear where the Ukrainian drone strikes came from.

The explosions at the arms depot reportedly occurred in the city of Toropets, about 480 miles from Kursk in southwestern Russia, where Ukrainian forces launched an invasion last month, and about 400 miles from Ukraine's northern border with Russia.

Ukrainian soldiers operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024. (Roman Belibi/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ukraine has stepped up its attacks against Moscow in recent months by increasingly striking targets inside its homeland, and Kyiv has called on the United States and its NATO allies to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike military targets deep inside Russia.

The strike ban has not been lifted, and it is unclear how Ukraine was able to target a high-profile military site with drones hundreds of miles inside Russian territory without being detected.

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