The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Toropets munitions depot is reported to have destroyed 20 billion rubles ($217 million) worth of ammunition. At least 10 people are said to have died. Around 30% of the site’s 5 billion ruble cost of construction may have been stolen.
The Russian dissident group http://Gulagu.net reports on the impact of the attack on the 107th GRAU arsenal, also known as military unit 11777 and Object 606/60-3TSO. It reports that at least 10 guards and arsenal security staff were killed as a result of the attack.
Since 2016, Gulagu says, Russia “has invested more than 5 billion rubles ($54 million) in the construction, repairs and strengthening of Object 606/60.” The site was opened in 2018
Gulagu reports that “these works were carried out by GVSU-12 and GVSU for special objects,” two Federal State Unitary Enterprises (state-owned companies). It claims that more than 30% of the funding (i.e. at least $16 million) was stolen.
Gulagu doesn’t give any details of the alleged theft, but common forms of theft on such contracts include overcharging for work or materials, or substituting cheap materials for more expensive ones (for instance, using flammable rather than fireproof materials).
As Gulagu notes, the man in charge of the project – former Deputy Minister of Defence General Dmitry Bulgakov – was arrested for large-scale fraud in July 2024. Poor fire safety is likely to have been a major factor in the depot’s destruction.
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Headline misleading. Putin stored his cash reserve there?
This is one of those times where the money isn’t so important, it’s the Time.
Replacing all that will take them years.
Horila sosna, pa la la la!
Can someone repeat that?
I Like Firework.
And russia ammo dumps make a great Firework
That’s a great start!
Do it again!
Not a bad return on investment and the additional return is the lives saved, can’t put a price on that.
What is the source? 30 kTons explosive and missiles is ~ 5bln$. Unless only 5% of ammunition has been destroyed
Gotta love all the missiles going up, the lead time to manufacture measured in years. Have to wonder if there really were a few nukes there now buried in the rubble.
You would think Russia would be scrambling to disburse munitions at other depots asap. I wonder how quickly Ukraine can target the others? Or even if they have the range.
I bet nobody tells Putin lol
Every bullet destroyed is a bullet not fired at a Ukrainian.
Here’s the thing. These depots are made based on corruption. Cheap materials and constant theft of the munitions too, I’ll bet.
Allowing them to burn is probably preferable to actually revealing the corruption inside. At least it is to a country like Russia and its oligarchy.
This number seems really low, unless NK ballistic missiles really are a dime a dozen
It was only built in 2018??? Damn that’s an insanely huge loss for Russia. Get the fuck out of Ukraine and maybe your country would fall apart slower.
Those explosions seemed far more pricier than 217 million…
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The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Toropets munitions depot is reported to have destroyed 20 billion rubles ($217 million) worth of ammunition. At least 10 people are said to have died. Around 30% of the site’s 5 billion ruble cost of construction may have been stolen.
https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1836383375357042852
The Russian dissident group http://Gulagu.net reports on the impact of the attack on the 107th GRAU arsenal, also known as military unit 11777 and Object 606/60-3TSO. It reports that at least 10 guards and arsenal security staff were killed as a result of the attack.
Since 2016, Gulagu says, Russia “has invested more than 5 billion rubles ($54 million) in the construction, repairs and strengthening of Object 606/60.” The site was opened in 2018
Gulagu reports that “these works were carried out by GVSU-12 and GVSU for special objects,” two Federal State Unitary Enterprises (state-owned companies). It claims that more than 30% of the funding (i.e. at least $16 million) was stolen.
Gulagu doesn’t give any details of the alleged theft, but common forms of theft on such contracts include overcharging for work or materials, or substituting cheap materials for more expensive ones (for instance, using flammable rather than fireproof materials).
As Gulagu notes, the man in charge of the project – former Deputy Minister of Defence General Dmitry Bulgakov – was arrested for large-scale fraud in July 2024. Poor fire safety is likely to have been a major factor in the depot’s destruction.
Here is the full thread.
Headline misleading. Putin stored his cash reserve there?
This is one of those times where the money isn’t so important, it’s the Time.
Replacing all that will take them years.
Horila sosna, pa la la la!
Can someone repeat that?
I Like Firework.
And russia ammo dumps make a great Firework
That’s a great start!
Do it again!
Not a bad return on investment and the additional return is the lives saved, can’t put a price on that.
What is the source? 30 kTons explosive and missiles is ~ 5bln$. Unless only 5% of ammunition has been destroyed
Gotta love all the missiles going up, the lead time to manufacture measured in years. Have to wonder if there really were a few nukes there now buried in the rubble.
You would think Russia would be scrambling to disburse munitions at other depots asap. I wonder how quickly Ukraine can target the others? Or even if they have the range.
I bet nobody tells Putin lol
Every bullet destroyed is a bullet not fired at a Ukrainian.
Here’s the thing. These depots are made based on corruption. Cheap materials and constant theft of the munitions too, I’ll bet.
Allowing them to burn is probably preferable to actually revealing the corruption inside. At least it is to a country like Russia and its oligarchy.
This number seems really low, unless NK ballistic missiles really are a dime a dozen
It was only built in 2018??? Damn that’s an insanely huge loss for Russia. Get the fuck out of Ukraine and maybe your country would fall apart slower.
Those explosions seemed far more pricier than 217 million…