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Ukraine strikes Russian ammo warehouse, troop convoy headed to Zaporizhzhia direction

17 August, 2025 Sunday
16:31

Fighters with the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) have destroyed an ammunition depot in Melitopol along with Russian troops being redeployed to the Zaporizhzhia front

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HUR reported the information.

According to the report, the explosion occurred as a truck carrying Russian military personnel entered the deployment site in the industrial zone in Melitopol.

As a result, at least six Russian soldiers were eliminated, including members of the naval infantry and the UAV crew of Kadyrov’s Akhmat-Vostok battalion. The exact number of losses among Russian forces is still being clarified.

The explosion also ignited an ammunition depot, with secondary detonations heard afterward.

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