Ukraine Says It Hit Large Missile Depot Deep Inside Russia

  • Armed drones strike a town about 500km from Ukrainian border
  • Cache of Iskander, Tochka-U missiles said to be destroyed
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Ukraine said it destroyed a large weapons stockpile in Russia overnight using long-range drones to stage the attack as Kyiv awaits US permission to use western-made missiles in such operations.

About 100 explosive-laden unmanned aircraft destroyed a large cache of Iskander and Tochka-U missiles as well as glide bombs in Toropets, a town in the Tver region of western Russia, Ukrainian military officials familiar with the matter said. The facility was situated nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukraine’s northern border.