An earthquake-sized explosion caused by a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia was detected from space.
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred due to a Ukrainian attack on a Russian arms depot.
On Wednesday, a massive arms depot located 240 miles west of Moscow was allegedly attacked by Ukrainian drones, resulting in an earthquake-sized blast and the evacuation of thousands from the area.
Despite reports from the SBU and military bloggers, Ukrainian officials have not yet admitted responsibility for the attack on the Tver region in Russia, where Ukrainian drones were reportedly shot down.
On Wednesday morning, a massive explosion occurred, as captured on video footage obtained by Planet Chronicle Digital. However, the cause of the blast and its targets remain unclear.
In the Tver region, about 55 miles from the Belarus border, a "weak" 2.8 magnitude earthquake caused "light shaking near the epicenter" and was detected by NASA satellites that picked up intense heat sources emanating from a five-square-mile area.
The Kremlin tightly regulates Russian state media, which did not report on the explosion as of Wednesday afternoon Moscow time.
Igor Rudenya, the governor of the Tver region, stated that a fire had occurred and Ukrainian drones had been shot down, although he did not specify what was burning, according to Reuters' initial report.
Though Rudenya stated that some residents had been evacuated, East2West reported that around 3,000 Russians had fled the area.
GUR, Ukraine's military intelligence agency, could not be reached for comment by Planet Chronicle Digital.
According to reports, Russian defense units destroyed 54 drones in five regions, but Moscow did not mention any drone strikes in the Tver region, and it is unclear where the drone strikes launched by Ukraine originated.
The explosions at the arms depot in Toropets, located about 480 miles from Kursk and 400 miles from Ukraine's northernmost border with Russia, were reported.
Recently, Ukraine has intensified its attacks against Moscow by targeting its homeland, and Kyiv has requested permission from the U.S. and NATO allies to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike military targets in Russia.
Despite the lifting of strike bans, it remains unclear how Ukraine was able to target a top military site using drones without detection hundreds of miles into Russian territory.
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