Russia said it was working to repel a Ukrainian drone attack on Toropets, where there's a major military depot, as explosions lit up the night.

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The drone attack destroyed a Russian military arsenal in Tver, triggering a blast powerful enough to be detected by earthquake monitors and NASA satellites.

Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Operational Tactical Group Siversk, said that the attacks would have continued even if Ukraine had not advanced in the Kursk sector of the front line.

Some allies of Ukraine have raised concerns that such action would escalate the war with Russia, according to The Hill. Russian President Vladimir Putin argued that it would change the conflict completely. "It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia," he said.

An apparent Ukrainian attack on Russian military infrastructure — one of more than 10 since the beginning of August — struck overnight Tuesday. A munitions depot in the town of Toropets, deep inside Russia,

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.

A Ukrainian drone attack launched overnight succeeded in destroying an ammunition depot in the western Russian region of Tver, a source from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told CNN on Wednesday.

Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian military depot and weapons store early on Wednesday, triggering an earthquake-sized explosion, according to multiple reports. Kyiv claimed its attack destroyed military warehouses in Toropets,