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Ammunition depot explodes in occupied Melitopol, Russian military base in Tokmak

8 March, 2024 Friday
12:05

At night in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, explosions were heard near a factory that Russia had turned into a military base. On March 7, an ammunition depot exploded in occupied Melitopol

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The head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Ivan Fedorov, reported the information.

"Loud explosions are reported by residents of the temporarily occupied cities of Zaporizhzhia region. Last night, an explosion was recorded in Tokmak near the Forging and Stamping Plant area, which the occupiers turned into their military base," said the head of the regional state administration.

According to him, on March 7, an ammunition depot and a vehicle that brought shells "blew up" in the temporarily occupied Melitopol.

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