The Ukrainian Navy has successfully struck a russian army's ammunition storage facility near the occupied city of Mariupol. Naval Forces' press service has published an official report with confirmed results of the missile attack, which took place a few days ago. As Defense Express noted earlier today, the strike was most likely inflicted using a Ukrainian-made Neptune cruise missile.
Petro Andriushchenko, Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, released photos from where the russian ammo depot used to be. The pictures posted on his Telegram channel show severe devastation, with the outlines of the former building barely recognizable, and artillery shells lying around, cooked off. Andriushchenko highlights the road sign which indicates the location: the outskirts of the Hlyboke village.
"The destroyed warehouses in the village of Hlyboke, Mariupol District, look beautiful after the [explosions]. More precisely, the warehouse itself is no longer there. It 'vaporized' with tons of rounds, [mortar] shells, and anti-aircraft missiles," Andryushchenko noted in his post.
He stressed that such strikes become possible thanks to the Ukrainian people currently living under russian occupation. Without their help, it's "sometimes impossible" to hit targets like this one.
Considering the location and the magnitude of destruction, the missile attack was apparently carried out on September 13, when a number of powerful explosions were reported in different sites across the Mariupol District.
In Russian occupied Mariupol, an ammunition and air defense missile depot was destroyed overnight, according to the mayor’s advisor, Andryushchenko.Explosions lasted for several hours, finally ending around 5am. pic.twitter.com/1d5p5Q2qRO
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) September 13, 2024
More photos from the scene. Credit: Petro Andriushchenko
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