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Russian forces destroy storage of World War II anti-ship mines 

10 January, 2023 Tuesday
18:34

Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration said that on January 9, the Russian occupiers blew up the warehouse near Ochakiv with two Kinzhal missiles

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He said this in a video message on Telegram.

According to the head of the Military Administration, the blast wave from the explosion reached Mykolaiv.

Kim noted that the burial ground was located near a military unit that had been shelled for months. He stressed that the burial ground was filled with concrete a long time ago, but the occupiers decided that it was an ammunition depot.

"Near the military unit, which has been shelled for months, there was a warehouse of old anti-ship mines from the Second World War, they were filled with concrete and the burial ground was made. There were a lot of them, filled in God knows when. For some reason, the Russians decided that it was an ammunition depot and bravely fired there, long and tedious, and yesterday, two expensive Kinzhal broke through a metre of concrete to blow up the mines of the Second World War," the head of the Military Administration said.

Kim also noted that "the only thing they did was to leave half of Ochakiv without windows and roofs and caused panic in Mykolaiv".

  • Ochakiv came under Russian shelling on Monday, January 9. The hospital, high-rise buildings and private houses were damaged. A total of 15 people were wounded, including a two-year-old child.
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