Ukraine's Ammo Depot strikes - How Complacency (and drones) Destroyed Russian Bases

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Ammunition availability can make all the difference in a war, but only if it makes it to the troops on the front, rather than being destroyed in storage. Over the course of several days, Ukraine recently succeeded in striking two Russian GRAU arsenals deep in Russian territory and a separate depot and storage facility, causing massive destruction and destroying thousands or tens of thousands of tonnes of Russian munitions. In this episode I ask how long-range drones were able to destroy what were meant to be, in many cases, hardened targets, why the bases may have suffered the damage they did, and what this may all mean for the war going forward. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU Special plug for the Battletech fans in the audience - Tex Talks Battletech : The Turning Point at Twycross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa1rfZsKfa0 Reading and Sourcing: The War Zone & Maxar Technologies - before and after images of target sites https://www.twz.com/news-features/satellite-images-show-massive-devastation-at-russian-ammo-storage-sites-struck-by-ukrainian-drones Credit to @HartreeFock for his commentary on the construction phase of the Toropets magazines https://x.com/HartreeFock/status/1837087448448352289 Credit to @Tatarrigami_UA and Frontintelligence insight for their work on Tikhoretsk https://x.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1837359410479268180 Featured TASS reports Reporting on Toropets https://tass.com/politics/1844703 Claims of attacks on Ukrainian depots https://tass.com/politics/1804883 Defence Express - identifying GRAU arsenals within 750km of Ukraine https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/assessment_of_other_key_grau_arsenals_as_big_as_in_toropets_within_ukraines_reach-11911.html Estonian 30,000 tonnes at Toropets figure https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-loses-2-3-months-worth-of-ammunition-1726996045.html https://theconversation.com/ukraine-drone-strikes-demonstrate-its-continuing-intent-to-fight-the-long-war-against-russia-239438 Additional featured imagery and coverage https://mil.in.ua/en/news/satellite-imagery-shows-that-russian-depots-near-tikhoretsk-and-oktyabrske-have-been-almost-completely-destroyed/ Featured reporting https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/ukrainian-drone-attack-sparks-massive-blast-at-arsenal-in-russia https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-show-damage-russian-arsenal-blew-up-earthquake-strength-2024-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-himars-help-destroy-20-depots-of-russian-artillery-ammo-says-ukraine-2022-7 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/europe/china-made-drone-downed-eastern-ukraine-hnk-intl/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/24/ukraine-weapons-limits-biden-permission-atacms/ Caveats & Comments: All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions. Any content relating to the conduct and/or activities of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or in relation to that person or character. Timestamps: 00:00 — Opening Words 01:40 — What Am I Talking About? 02:06 — Russian Ammo Logistics & Storage 06:56 — Depots Of Interest 10:10 — The Attacks 16:10 — Anatomy Of An Explosion 29:14 — The Ukrainian Capitalisation 34:31 — Damage Assessment 42:21 — Implications 52:36 — Channel Update