Russian Bases Are Blowing Up All Around Ukraine As Kyiv’s Rockets And Drones Lash Out
Explosions erupted across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine on Thursday night as Ukrainian forces escalated their weeks-long campaign of deep strikes on Russian logistics and airfields.The blasts, targeting ammunition dumps, airfields and other facilities, could disrupt supply lines and air operations and further isolate Russian troops in Ukraine—especially in the south, where Kyiv has been struggling to organize a counteroffensive aimed at liberating the port of Kherson from Russian occupiers.
The strikes began around sunset. An ammo dump exploded in Timonovo, in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast 20 miles from the border with northeast Ukraine. A fire also broke out at Stary Oskol airfield in Belgorod.Ukrainian artillery—possibly 227-millimeter rockets from High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems or 155-millimeter guns firing Excalibur GPS-guided shells—in late July and early August temporarily knocked out all three bridges spanning the Dnipro and Inhulets near Kherson.
Meanwhile something exploded in Nova Kakhovka on the bank of the Dnipro River 30 miles east of Kherson. It was the second time in 24 hours the Ukrainians had struck Russian facilities in the town.It’s not totally clear all the explosions were the results of Ukrainian attacks, but the locations of the blazes are consistent with Kyiv’s ongoing campaign of deep strikes. That campaign has focused on shaping the battlefield in southern Ukraine while also plucking at Russian supply hubs and airfields around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s most vulnerable free city just 25 miles from the border with Russia in the northeast.
The strikes began around sunset. An ammo dump exploded in Timonovo, in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast 20 miles from the border with northeast Ukraine. A fire also broke out at Stary Oskol airfield in Belgorod.Ukrainian artillery—possibly 227-millimeter rockets from High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems or 155-millimeter guns firing Excalibur GPS-guided shells—in late July and early August temporarily knocked out all three bridges spanning the Dnipro and Inhulets near Kherson.
Meanwhile something exploded in Nova Kakhovka on the bank of the Dnipro River 30 miles east of Kherson. It was the second time in 24 hours the Ukrainians had struck Russian facilities in the town.It’s not totally clear all the explosions were the results of Ukrainian attacks, but the locations of the blazes are consistent with Kyiv’s ongoing campaign of deep strikes. That campaign has focused on shaping the battlefield in southern Ukraine while also plucking at Russian supply hubs and airfields around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s most vulnerable free city just 25 miles from the border with Russia in the northeast.
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