Russian ammo depot, reportedly holding 264,000 tons of munitions, obliterated near Moscow

I'm pretty sure competent militaries store their munitions in networks of dozens if not hundreds of earthen bunkers per site, specifically so shit like this can't happen.

264 kilotons is a fuckload of bombs.

Can we have links to more reputable, known news sites please? Never heard of that one. Here's the BBC.

Russia's military blamed the blast on ammunition which had detonated after the storage building caught fire due to a "violation of safety requirements".

Huh, I suppose maybe a drone-sized violation?

This fucking rules. Eat poo, Shittin.

Must have been one hell of a fireworks show, good hunting finding the next one.

Slava Ukraini

oh look they picked a new pope already

I hace no idea how serious a blow this is. Can anyone provide any sense of magnitude for these 264 000 tons of munitions? Like how big a chunk of total ammunition stockpile woukd this be? How big is it compared to current manufacturing rate?

Kirzhach is on the far side of Moscow from Ukraine. Did the drones fly over Moscow to reach it, or did they take a longer route?

If Putler had any sense, he’d spend a fraction of his military budget on making nicotine patches available for free to his orcs. That would pay for itself in no time.

Excellent news! Slava Ukraini!

I enjoy when the news headlines remind us they CAN be good

Initial reports indicate that the site, previously protected by one of Russia’s densest air defense networks, suffered catastrophic damage.

Good chance Ukraine could hit the Kremlin if they wanted to. They have drones with the 500 mile range to pull it off, and Russian air defense has become a joke. The only thing that's been stopping them was US worries about actions like that causing escalation. Ukraine has had less and less reason to care what the US thinks of late.

What, like, percent of stored munitions would this likely be? How impactful of a destruction is it?

Good.

do putler next

I hope the shrapnel flew everywhere. Kudos to Ukrainian drone pilots. Fuck the Muscovites and their foreign supporters.

Thank you for this glorious news! I love it!

If Russia truly has fucked its entire workforce into conscription, they may have to pull forces off the frontlines in order to manufacture replacements for lost equipment and munitions.

Invaders out of Ukraine.

Business insider has videos of the explosion.

https://www.businessinsider.com/blast-rocks-russian-ammo-depot-kremlin-says-explosives-mishandled-2025-4

Nice

Juicy target and hopefully the shrapnel flew fucking everywhere.

Grab your favorite bottle of vodka Alexei, we're watching fireworks tonight.

Well someone isn't getting their Christmas bonus (their family can live)

Despite the scale of the incident, Russian officials have offered limited information, with regional governor Aleksandr Avdeev confirming a “blast” but threatening penalties for spreading unofficial reports.

Man, the USA can be a shit show, but at least we can spread unofficial reports whenever we like.